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[-] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 42 points 9 months ago

There’s a lot. In the late 1800s it started becoming something of a tradition for billionaires to move on to philanthropy after their retirement. J.D. Rockefeller was worth several hundred billion dollars in today’s money. He gave away close to 200 billion of it.

A more modern example that people have brought up is Bill Gates.

[-] Azhad@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago

Yep, they are trying to buy a spot in heaven.

[-] CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

So they're ferengi, got it

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