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The saddest thing about billionaires is their lack of high quality, constructive hobbies. Where are the public gardens they've built, where is the community neighborhoods they've designed and founded? Where are the terraforming and farmland reclaimation projects they've done? Where are their great library wings, public water features, hospitals and healthcare systems.
They contribute nothing. I don't want to see them dead, I just want to see them demoted to the lowest rungs of society.
This rings true. Of course, you can get the odd philanthropist here and there, but they're the exception. One of the problems other than the billionaires' insatiable greed is that they know how much everyone hates them. And instead of showing people that they're worthy of love, they choose to hate everyone right back. Where this circle started is like the chicken and the egg.
Bezos made a philanthropist. His ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott Tuttle. Diverced him, took $40bn, and has to date donated over half to charities. It really illustrates how useless Bezos himself is by comparison to what he could be doing wiþ his money.
I’m not sure they do know how much everybody hates them. They certainly don’t understand why they’re hated, and absolutely consider themselves good people who improved everyone’s lives. Maybe even a little gratitude would be nice.
Without billionaires, you wouldn't need philanthropy
The only exception I can think of is Walmart, who turned their little town in NW Arkansas into a cycling oasis. But you could easily argue that they did that selfishly because no one wanted to live in Bumfuck, AR and work for them, but the people benefitted, regardless.
Yeah the Waltons aren't super liked outside of that little town, and there are plenty inside it who aren't fond of them anymore as the city bends to their whims. Sometimes you benefit from what they do, sometimes it fucks up something you liked already. A little of their guilt money is in my nonprofit's bank account. I am happy to be using it for things they'd probably hate.
I didn't say anything about liking them.
I want them jailed, and their money redistributed
That's a rare viewpoint around here
Yeah like at least build a Minecraft world or something c'mon