Why are you choosing favorites?
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I know people want to hate on Bill for being rich, and I can understand that, but I still prefer him to a certain South African billionaire.
Maybe some people will say that’s like comparing a giant douche to a turd sandwich though.
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 day ago
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 19 hours ago
I know what they mean. Id definitely love to see him in some kind of death match.
diffusive@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a nice race to the bottom 🤷♂️
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 day ago
At least Bill gives away a lot of his money, and his stance on politics seems relatively sensible and measured. Whereas the South African billionaire gets a kick out of being stupid and damaging to the US (and beyond the US if you look at his comments on foreign politics).
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At least Bill gives away a lot of his money
Does he? If you still control how it is spent, are you really giving it away?
x00z@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
If you still control how it is spent, are you really giving it away?
Actually yeah. You can’t just give a billion to an organization. Most of the organizations that receive money have the capacity to handle millions at most. Anything above that would just sit on their bank accounts because they’d have to scale up massively.
The amount of money the Gates Foundation is handling requires so much managing that they have 2000 employees.
I suggest to read up on what they are actually doing:
It’s quite altruistic in nature.
SleafordMod@feddit.uk 1 day ago
He spends quite big sums on healthcare I think? I’m not saying he’s a perfect guy. Maybe the world would be better if taxes were such that nobody could be a billionaire. I just think I prefer Bill Gates to other billionaires, especially the prominent South African one.
Jhex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You don’t have to choose a favourite when none should exist