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He's one of the best billionaires. He wants to be taxed more for the betterment of all. Bill Gates does a lot of good with his foundation.
#BUT.
That's like referring to the "best" serial killer, and I mean that comparison. Billionaires shouldn't even exist, much less be admired and have outsized fame and influence. Every single one is a policy failure and every single one was formed from exploited workers (who actually contribute to society). Billionaires are parasites...
That's either not fair to serial killers, or highly complimentary to serial killers, considering the most "successful" serial killers in history can't hold a candle to a single healthcare insurance corporation, for example.
I'm sure some of them would have loved to be mentioned in the same breath as those who industrialized murder.
Or do you think most would be offended, since they were hipster, artisinal murderers who took pride in the craft of murder only to be outdone by high volume mass production?
you're right, perpetrators of genocide are a better comparison.
So many serial killers are actually doing it out of sexual frustration. They have a lot of emotions they can’t process properly and act on them in downright obscene ways. They are deeply sick and sad people who absolutely, without question, deserve to be removed from society but who I can, at least somewhat, understand.
People like healthcare CEOs and even just most any shitty business owner, on the other hand, are simply straight evil. They are the people who would be fine owning slaves, and essentially do, and who don’t really give a rat’s ass about anyone but themselves. They are the people who go for seconds when not everyone has had firsts and say “should been faster, loser.” They have all the tools to not be monsters, all the freedom in the world, and yet there they are.
Bill Gates Foundation does some good. His foundation is mostly a gigantic tax shelter though. For him, it's like an unlimited IRA. Society would be better if he simply had less money, less influence, and less control.
He's also one of the most highly associated with Epstein. His wife divorcing him after the Epstein records leaked.
And he founded Microsoft, a company that invented EEE.
That's the beauty of it! Nobody will ever see what we lost to the deadweight loss of his monopoly. We only see the profits he got from it, a portion of which he generously returns.
That's why all the biggest and most well-financed lobbyist firms are advocating for a high marginal tax rate. That's why big think tanks have been churning out white papers and bombarding the airwaves with pro-tax policy. I can't turn on my AM radio without some paid shill telling me my taxes aren't high enough.
It's so bizarre that none of this has worked. I thought for sure billionaires had more influence than this. I guess Mr. Buffet is just a small bean me.