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minus-squareRizzoTheSmall@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down12·2 months agoWarren Buffet is a massive philanthropist and plans to give away most of his fortune to charitable causes before he dies. His fortune was also made primarily through long term investment strategies. Didn’t fuck anyone, didn’t burn people out.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·2 months agoContinuing to prop up the system that is fucking people over and burning people out… Yeah there’s no “good” billionaire, no matter how “philanthropic” they are.
minus-squareVirgilMastercard@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·2 months agoPhilanthropy is bullshit anyway
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months ago Continuing to prop up the system that is fucking people over and burning people out… Propping it up how?
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoBy using it for gain. every investment he made propped up the system a little more.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSo he’s evil because he didn’t discover the wonders of socialism, abandon all his wealth and move to the woods? Are you even listening to yourself?
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnd were all those long term investments in companies that were etical?
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWere they? Do you know? I don’t know that answer.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo idea, I would doubt it. Hence the question (it wasn’t rhetorical)
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago plans to give away most of his fortune to charitable causes before he dies. I’ll believe that when I see it. Also, lots of charity organizations are very sketchy.
Warren Buffet is a massive philanthropist and plans to give away most of his fortune to charitable causes before he dies.
His fortune was also made primarily through long term investment strategies. Didn’t fuck anyone, didn’t burn people out.
Continuing to prop up the system that is fucking people over and burning people out… Yeah there’s no “good” billionaire, no matter how “philanthropic” they are.
Philanthropy is bullshit anyway
Propping it up how?
By using it for gain. every investment he made propped up the system a little more.
So he’s evil because he didn’t discover the wonders of socialism, abandon all his wealth and move to the woods? Are you even listening to yourself?
And were all those long term investments in companies that were etical?
Were they? Do you know?
I don’t know that answer.
No idea, I would doubt it. Hence the question (it wasn’t rhetorical)
I’ll believe that when I see it. Also, lots of charity organizations are very sketchy.