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[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 53 points 1 year ago

There are no good billionaires. But I must agree that Bill Gates cannot be compared to Elon Musk. Bill has done evil, but his evil doesn't compare to what Elon Musk is doing right now

[-] delgato@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The massive cock slobbering that Warren Buffet got at his Woodstock of Capitalism last week was nauseating. All the media were fawning over how he’s still a small-town Nebraska bumpkin. I have to hand it to him he crafted his image perfectly as a “good billionaire” too.

[-] GenerationII@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Oh but I heard he lives in a humble little house in Omaha!

"Humble Little House in Omaha"----->

[-] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

They're tone deaf. Comparatively that property IS humble in the world of billionaires. But that ain't no roach infested bachelor.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

That is his house? It is far from a simple house. It looks quite fancy.

[-] delgato@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

It’s a ship of Theseus situation. Apparently it’s the “same” house he bought in 1953… at this point though it’s just the same property.

[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 year ago

Gates was born in 1955 though... Spooky music

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Woz is what a good billionaire looks like.

[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 year ago

I think it's a silly to waste one's time struggling over deciding which one is worse. They're both billionaires who spend hundreds of millions of dollars undermining the public interest. Gates just cares more about his PR than Musk.

[-] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I get what you're saying 100%, but it's really not a struggle to decide which one is worse.

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

He absolutely can be compared to Musk -- he's better than musk.

[-] crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago
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