Why are people not protesting ? Businesses should stop buying Microsoft licenses and that should force Microsoft to remove bill gates completely from the company. Same should be done with Musk, trump etc.

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    I can’t believe Bill Gates got STDs from Russian girls, his ex-wife Melinda, AND Elon Musk!

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    The article says that Elon was asking if he could visit Epstein’s island in 2013, but it doesn’t say whether he did. I’m sure he did end up going, probably lots of times, but it’s funny to think that Elon is such an awkward loser that at the time, even Epstein might have been ducking his calls and trying to avoid hanging out with him.

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    sorry to bother yall but this guy has been fucking harrasing and creeping on my freind at my collage please send him cursed pics, or like horrifying memes or something, like its gotten so bad that she got fucking injured just trying to avoid the guy his number is 571-420-4603. also take care of yourself, if you can, shits hard right now. and we all deserve better. this is real by the way im not a bot(though who knows thease days) im just on a revenge quest,

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        I haven’t seen the actual documents being talked about in these articles, yet, but they may have actually been of age.

        Definitely not consenting if they worked for Epstein, though. He was a human trafficker.

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        even if they were of age, i wouldn’t call it consent when there’s such an extreme power differential. there’s a reason why billionaires mostly target working class women and girls to rape

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          So you’re saying, that if a woman of sound mind and body, chooses to consent to having sex with a billionaire for money that it’s still wrong because the billionaire has more money and power.

          Even though she could say no? Even if it was of her own volition, that it’s still wrong?

          To me it sounds like you are assuming that women can’t make their own choices.

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            Hell, let’s take that line of reasoning a bit further

            On average, men are significantly stronger than women so there’s a power imbalance there too. That would mean that on average, heterosexual relationships are non-consensual

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            i have similar thoughts and to me it’s really just about the balance of power. It could just as easily be a billionaire woman and a working man. I think in any kind of relationship (the broad term, not the dating term) each person needs to be accountable to each other. Good outcomes can still happen when somebody is unaccountable, but there is massive risk. And I go by the motto that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. If somebody has a lot of power, they will use it for evil. One goal of society should be to make that impossible.

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    Looks like Bill Gates should see trial. He should have immediately come to the FBI about this if he had any conscience.

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      He betrayed one of his closest friends to become the biggest software company in the world.

      I’m guessing no.

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        He also donated 99% of his income to charity including bringing food, water, and medicine to impoverished all across Africa and the middle east. He pressured many other wealthy to do the same.

        He needs to see trial for his crimes but you can’t blame people for thinking he is the best billionaire.

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          The guy that thought union-busting was the key to improving education and campaigned hard to keep Covid vaccines under patent?

          Yeah, man, keep licking those billionaire boots.

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            If by campaigned hard you mean backpedaled immediately then yes, that’s the guy. His foundation also paid billions to distribute the vaccine at no cost.

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            His “propoganda” helped people, saved millions from death or suffering. If you think my statement was false then who do you believe is the best out of all the billionaires?

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          I think there was something about how the gates foundation is actually not that good, patenting vacciens and other stuff. (too lazy to find links links right now)

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            They initially opposed a WHO resolution which would have member nations pause or withdraw patents over the Covid19 vaccine but they backpedaled on that shortly after and have spent billions producing and distributing those vaccines.

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        Never is a pretty strong word, plenty of powerful people got roped into Epstein’s prostitution ring and continued associating with him long after the fact. I want to clarify my stance that while Bill needs to see trial over these allegations, especially if minors were involved, that it does not cancel out the good things his foundation has done for the world.

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          I don’t know enough about the whole Bill Gates tied into Epstein saga. But I will say this=> it kinda reads like “oh noez, I messed up, better do some good in the world to clean up my image preemptively”.

          That kinda money just doesn’t happen squaky clean. It doesn’t. Visiting Epstein’s island… at that point he should’ve known he was treading onto the wrong side of history.

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            That’s nonsequitur to my comment, I’m saying despite his crimes and being a criminal, he is at least more moral than any other billionaire in existence, to say he has never had any conscience is not accurate.

            Also, the new information released has, afaik, not mentioned any specifics about places, times, or identities of the girls involved, so as of yet we don’t know that he has ever been to the island.