Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’
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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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I think spoilers on Lemmy use triple colons:
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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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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.
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I bet you he'd be great with some malt vinegar.
