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Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, says Musk is 'killing' world's poorest children (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 days ago by remington@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've seen this trick before. And I have a feeling he'll be "earning" many billions in the same time period; how much I don't know, but I'm cynical enough that I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was "more than he donates."

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And even then he will still have donated a huge amount of money.

I'm not defending billionaires, but between Musk and Gates you can definitely see a spectrum (pun not intended)

[–] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Yes, and? The money Gates makes from capital he owns comes from somewhere, and I firmly believe that it comes disproportionately from the poor, as that is how America tends to work. So for all he may or may not donate, that money is circulating right back to him. It's like if a slumlord "donated" $200 to you right before rent was due. You might find it preferential to not getting a de facto $200 discount on rent that month, but he's still a slumlord and nothing about the "donation" makes him ethical.

As for being better than Musk, I really don't care. "Better than a Nazi" is not a defense.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

Have you seen the price of Maggi these days?