• Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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      13 days ago

      Yeah but he’s so obviously fucking not. I have yet to see one Id consider “one of the good kind.” Every time I see one with what seems to be redeeming qualities it always turns out to be at best an outright lie or at worst a cover for tax evasion or a cover up for some kind of horror that’s caused mass death.

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        13 days ago

        Yeah. I don’t believe it’s possible to make a billion dollars and not be/have been involved in shady shit. All billionaires are criminals IMO.

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          Arguably you could inherit it. Shady shit was done for the money still, sure, but not by the person with the money.

          Then you just wait for them to do new shady shit because they probably will.

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            Shady shit was done for the money still, sure, but not by the person with the money.

            Laundering blood money through a generation will make it clean again. No guilt if you can inherit the sins of your fathers. No complicity if you simply stand on a mountain of corpses that just happened to die for your benefit.

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              12 days ago

              It isn’t their fault they won the lottery of life. You can still judge them for their own actions, what they do with all the money.

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      13 days ago

      He’s one of the best billionaires. He wants to be taxed more for the betterment of all. Bill Gates does a lot of good with his foundation.

      #BUT.

      That’s like referring to the “best” serial killer, and I mean that comparison. Billionaires shouldn’t even exist, much less be admired and have outsized fame and influence. Every single one is a policy failure and every single one was formed from exploited workers (who actually contribute to society). Billionaires are parasites…

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        Bill Gates Foundation does some good. His foundation is mostly a gigantic tax shelter though. For him, it’s like an unlimited IRA. Society would be better if he simply had less money, less influence, and less control.

        He’s also one of the most highly associated with Epstein. His wife divorcing him after the Epstein records leaked.