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[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Get fucked with a rusty rake bill, you helped stop the COVID vaccines from being patent exempt, among plenty of other awful shit, all for more money.

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[–] jonjuan@programming.dev 27 points 3 days ago (13 children)

Why wait, just do it already.

Individuals hoarding wealth is bad for society.

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[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 69 points 3 days ago

I've been sending his chain emails along since the 90s so he owes me some serious interest.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (17 children)
[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Yeah

Like the idiots who think philanthropy is an acceptable compromise to a fair society.

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Bill gates isn't actually going to do this....

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[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 46 points 3 days ago

...and still be a billionaire.

Why should oligarchs get to decide where the proceeds of their exploitation get spent?

[–] warm@kbin.earth 24 points 3 days ago (12 children)

Give it away now instead you piece of shit. If he actually gave a shit he would have donated it all to charities already. It's just a billionaire farse, fuck him and the rest of em.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 days ago (5 children)

he actually gave a shit he would have donated it all to charities already. It's just a billionaire farse,

Just not his own goddamned ~~tax avoidance scheme~~ charity

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[–] core_of_arden@feddit.dk 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

In 20 years, while still sitting on a mountain of money... All rich people are evil. The sooner people realize this, the better.

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[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Doesn't that leave him still with something like $2 billion? I'm not knocking the philanthropy, but also, his safety net is going to remain about $2 billion dollars larger than ~~mine~~ most every other human being on this entire planet. And it will continue to accrue value at a higher rate than inflation as long as the good ol' American engine keeps on chugging along as normal.

From his vantage point, this sacrifice will likely impact neither his daily lifestyle nor his long-term comfort one iota.

It's a great thing he's doing, and I want to be clear about that. He's giving a boatload of money to charity. And I also don't know what else he might be doing with the remainder. I might be being an asshole. I haven't even read the article. I just saw that fuckin guy and the shining headline and had a strong reaction.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 2 days ago

Plenury indulgences or a carefully structured set of trusts that he will hold shadow control of? Either way i suspect the man sees the wall coming and wishes to avoid being pushed up against it and shot.

[–] echolalia@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Bank Robber vows to give away his stolen funds by 20 years from now to charities of his choosing. He's one of the good ones! So uplifting!

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Is this supposed to impress anyone?

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