NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045www.watoday.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square250fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down169
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkBill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045www.watoday.com.auNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square250fedilink
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·13 hours agohe has been milking that good will cow for decades
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoAnd it’s working. His charity is extremely visible, while the public doesn’t understand how much he took and deadweight lost with his monopoly. It’s like a burglar breaking your window, stealing your TV… … Years pass… … Here have a free TV! I am so generous!
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoBut his charity works abroad a lot, so isn’t it more like a burglar stealing your TV, selling it and buying lifesaving drugs for third world children for the money?
he has been milking that good will cow for decades
And it’s working. His charity is extremely visible, while the public doesn’t understand how much he took and deadweight lost with his monopoly.
It’s like a burglar breaking your window, stealing your TV…
…
Years pass…
…
Here have a free TV! I am so generous!
But his charity works abroad a lot, so isn’t it more like a burglar stealing your TV, selling it and buying lifesaving drugs for third world children for the money?