• CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Sorry Bill but it’s too late and not enough. I still want to eat the rich and that includes you.

    Although I‘ll admit if all billionaires did this instead of - oh you know - investing in fascism and actively dismembering democracy globally I might feel different about this. But as things stand I am done with billionaires. We cannot coexist. Simple as that.

    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 hours ago

      Isn’t he literally the only billionaire who has been donating a lot over the years?

      But yes, fully agree. There’s no reason any person should be that rich. They’re cause and symptom of a fucked-up system

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        4 hours ago

        Absolutely not. I think others give a bit less, but they’re just not public about it.

        Warren Buffet makes $5B annual donations to charities. He’s an investor, so if he gave it all out as a lump sum, he wouldn’t be able to make more to donate next year (and aside total received, many charities work better with consistent yearly funding)

      • Squizzy@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        How did he get to be a billionaire? By standing on the throats of others, he could not have created that wealth without harm.