Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’
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not religion. a disease of society
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Reminds me of comments made when Colin Powell resigned (ie “…bunch of fucking Crazies!”) [referring to the republican administration atvthe time].
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Gates does chair one of the major health organizations on earth providing medical care. Meeting with the guy who publicly wants to stop vaccines is going to be a stop he'd have to make.
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wrong comment
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Every single billionaire is a policy failure. By hoarding that much wealth, they are literally bad people. But that doesn't mean they can't do good things, or even give away what they don't need, like the ex-billionaire Charles Feeney who redeemed himself and donated most of his billions, anonymously.
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It's a compliment sandwich. You have to include the two pieces of compliment bread even if it's bullshit or else you'll be accused of not offering constructive criticism.
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Trump is worth billions now though...
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including a nazi salute
Based TG. Calling it what it is.
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Oligarch Wars
I never expected the end to be so boring: White Collar Apocalypse. Wait, what collar colour are billionaires?
Disclaimer: >!I don't actually think it's "The End"!<
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Bill Gates has also been riding an unearned “genius” appellation for decades. He didn’t make DOS. (His charitable work on vaccination is also questionable - iirc there were concerns over intellectual property rights)
The tide is turning against billionaires, and he’s just recognizing that Musk is making them all look bad.
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Bill Gates really doesn’t want to get eaten. Remember he is not one of us, he is one of them.
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This is exactly what he wants, for you to see him as a good guy billionaire. There’s no such thing. He is one of them not one of us, this is just PR and lip service
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I think spoilers on Lemmy use triple colons:
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Right thing for the wrong reasons is still the right thing. We've got bigger fish to fry than him.
For now.
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That's the vibe of the whole Trumptard government, SDE
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Your spoilers are wrong.
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your point being?
It's not nearly enough, he does it to look good more than to actually do good, and he shouldn't ever have had that much money in the first place
Don't let someone doing a few good things make you think they don't deserve to be killed, eaten, and their wealth redistributed
Bill Gates isn't a good person
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I don't think that way, sorry
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I don't think you're wrong in general, and I could give you a list of criticisms of Gate's actions even today. But if we're going to have wealth disparity, and we probably always will, I'd rather it be pragmatic self-interest clothed in good will than rabid self-interest clothed in freedom.
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If this is a tactical move purely for selfish reasons, its not a good one considering the power Musk now wields. I think this is genuine from Gates. Saying it out loud maybe is a degree of performance, but I think he likely legitimately finds Musk's fascist support a morally bad thing.
Assuming all billionaires are constantly playing some kind of 4D chess game is just as bad being overly charitable when a billionaire says or does something that could be seen as good. Remember, Elon Musk has put himself in the spotlight constantly despite it often times hurting him financially, his desire to be liked/beloved as a genius is also genuine its just fueling frequently terrible decisions.
That said, Gates is still an egotist and obviously pretty conventionally selfish (at what I'd describe as a pretty human level, if an average joe/jane came to have billions of dollars they'd probably treat the money in similar ways as Gates). Gates doesn't deserve his wealth and Gates is no genius either, I just don't think hes a fascist or a sociopath like Musk is.