Post AX5yt9JT6ivpiYMB2e by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
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(DIR) Post #AX5cbhl06nDwL8Vlku by cypnk@hackers.town
2023-06-26T06:43:27Z
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"If I was a billionaire, I would..." You would notThe functional prerequisites to hoard wealth on this scale precludes you from the social goodwill to which your moral compass directs you as a non-billionaire
(DIR) Post #AX5jWAJthP0Arr8j9k by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-06-26T18:25:40Z
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@cypnk absolutely
(DIR) Post #AX5jh9rnixlAeDEv32 by JohnShirley2023@mastodon.cloud
2023-06-26T17:00:00Z
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@cypnk There are billionaires who are spending billions for social betterment,like Bill Gates. (I suspect his wife got him to do it.) But they're certainly the exception rather than the rule.
(DIR) Post #AX5jhAq46txvf7R2yu by gneilyo@mastodon.online
2023-06-26T17:18:13Z
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@JohnShirley2023 @cypnk even then their philanthropy is shaped by their personal interests and prejudices, such as choosing to support charter schools over public schools. More would get done if billionaire's money were in circulation rather than sequestered in their dragon hoards.
(DIR) Post #AX5jhBpOQt1QjK81ZY by JohnShirley2023@mastodon.cloud
2023-06-26T17:23:19Z
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@gneilyo @cypnk in circulation in what way? LIke, the billionaire just passes it out? Sometimes they offer it in grants.Gates is doing pretty darn well with it. https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Others are as you describe.
(DIR) Post #AX5jhCdNR30LELVwTw by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-06-26T18:27:39Z
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@JohnShirley2023 @gneilyo @cypnk be careful what you buy into. Bill G is a snake, and always has been - there is plenty of record of it. He just understands the importance of reputation laundering
(DIR) Post #AX5r8nqhsVZm9GrC4W by JohnShirley2023@mastodon.cloud
2023-06-26T19:51:04Z
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@fcktheworld587 @gneilyo @cypnk Sometimes people change. I changed. Others do too.
(DIR) Post #AX5sGOA1N4KSkR4X6u by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-06-26T20:03:41Z
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@JohnShirley2023 @gneilyo @cypnk yeah, but some people are psychopaths, and psychopaths don't
(DIR) Post #AX5tDfTEemJrWFKGmG by JohnShirley2023@mastodon.cloud
2023-06-26T20:14:21Z
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@fcktheworld587 @gneilyo @cypnk oh I don't think Gates is a psychopath. Just a typical selfish business man, growing up in public. We probably need to fix it so people who make this much money pay enough taxes that ...they DON'T make this much money. But at least he's done some good since retiring.
(DIR) Post #AX5y3PKyHhzqMEO50C by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-06-26T21:08:32Z
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@JohnShirley2023 @gneilyo @cypnk do you know how he got rich? His mom had a friend on the board at IBM, who hired Microsoft to write software for the PC, then Gates took advantage of the fact that they had neglected to include exclusivity in the contract, and sold to their competitors. If you're foolish enough to trust him, he'll fuck you. Dude has had to do serious image work since Microsoft's antitrust case, way back. He is not a good guy, no matter how he might seem.
(DIR) Post #AX5yt8P6UHqStjzABc by zudlig@fedi.absturztau.be
2023-06-26T20:57:08.321728Z
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@JohnShirley2023 @fcktheworld587 @gneilyo @cypnk Not that I know the guy at all, but I've seen no sign of Bill G repenting for his past sins. He always seems to pretend that he's never done any wrong. Come to think of it the last time I heard about him it was for taking the lawful evil side in the somewhat ridiculous vaccine "patent waiver" debate a couple years ago.
(DIR) Post #AX5yt9JT6ivpiYMB2e by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
2023-06-26T21:17:53Z
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@zudlig @cypnk @JohnShirley2023 @gneilyo exactly. Dude's a psychopath. He doesn't experience remorse, and he doesn't experience empathy. That simple.
(DIR) Post #AX6qaQ2U5iWjcCvjea by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-06-26T22:09:16Z
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@cypnk bingo.