• eureka@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      Why do you hate Bill Gates now?

      Always have. This isn’t a new concept, and their reputation laundering philanthorpism does not come close to countering the harm they and their foundation are still doing.

      Hasn’t he been redistributing wealth properly?

      For starters, holding around a hundred billion is hardly redistributing. That’s still hoarding.

      I don’t have time right now to find that short-list of critiques @[email protected] has, but in the mean time, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthrocapitalism is a good diving board, combined with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation#Criticism

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      It’s a nice gesture and better than nothing, but having been properly taxed, so governments could fund programs for their people would have been even better

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      So he has the same amount of wealth as the median person now?

      Until he stops being rich he’s part of them

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      He said openly in the '90s that he wants “to own the entire world.” That clearly hasn’t changed.

      Also, I’ve hated him since the '90s because of who he is.

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      Why do you hate Bill Gates now?

      A lot of things, but I suppose being a partaker of the Slaaneshi Shenaniganstm at Epstein’s island could be pretty near the top.