Gates is an unusual man who deserves a lot of praise. Most billionaires only want to build monuments to themselves. Gates has picked off a lot of projects that have virtually no chance of being funded by anyone or anything else. That's epic and legendary.
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he has been milking that good will cow for decades
And it's working. His charity is extremely visible, while the public doesn't understand how much he took and deadweight lost with his monopoly.
It's like a burglar breaking your window, stealing your TV...
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Years pass...
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Here have a free TV! I am so generous!
But his charity works abroad a lot, so isn't it more like a burglar stealing your TV, selling it and buying lifesaving drugs for third world children for the money?
Billions in deadweight losses 30 years ago is part of why they aren't already making their own lifesaving drugs by now, and why the drugs are still so expensive. He stole their TV too.
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I'll take whatever win I can get at this point. I just hope that it's actually going to good causes that will actually help people and not just bullshit money laundering "charity" shell games.
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Bullshit, he's "transferring" his wealth to his own charity for tax reasons...
It's a trick to protect his money for his children.
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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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