Comment on Bill Gates to give away 99% of his wealth in the next 20 years
Libra@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
but I am determined that “he died rich” will not be one of them.
Bill Gates has a net worth of ~$168 billion. Even if this isn’t just PR intended to launder his image, even if he does in fact give away 99% of that, it will still leave him with $1.68 billion dollars. Even if he ups that to 99.99% that’ll still leave him with $16.8 million, which is still rich by anyone’s measure. Bill Gates’ idea of ‘not dying rich’ is radically different than yours or mine; he was never not going to die rich by most peoples’ standards.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That’s true, but to be fair, if he pulls it off it will be one hell of an example to set.
Libra@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
A better example to set would be to not exploit people to accumulate wealth in the first place. It takes a whole lot of people like you and me staying poor to make Bill Gates that rich.
echodot@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
I do that everyday. Everyone feel free to thank me.
Libra@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
No one gets thanks for being a decent human being, it’s sort of the standard that everyone is expected to hold to.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That’s true. I just appreciate that he seems to do a bit more than Musk to at least keep the appearance of giving back. This still doesn’t get him off the guillotine list.
Libra@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I don’t appreciate that one oligarch is better at lying to us than another one, that kinda makes it worse in my mind. Instead of telling ourselves comforting stories about how generous these societal leeches are we should be telling ourselves stories about how much better everyone else’s lives could be if they didn’t exist.