@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 days agoA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down124file-text
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1external-linkA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 days agomessage-square201fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink52•3 days agoShould have shared the money with the workers who built the company into a $1.6B valuation and worth acquisition.
minus-square@meliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink30•3 days agoJesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
minus-square@grrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink5•2 days agoThat’s correct, there’s no way to be the good guy in a system like this. All you can do is try
minus-square@adminofoz@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish19•3 days agoAt the end of the day, stolen wages are still stolen wages.
minus-square@9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink-3•3 days agoLol, i know, right? So many upvotes for the guy above you defending billionaires
minus-square@BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink23•3 days agoJust because he gave it away, doesn’t remove his responsibility for how he “earned” it.
minus-square@Darleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•3 days agoI agree, but it doesn’t sound like his choices are bad. There’s a comment further down.
minus-square@drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•3 days agoLook, at least he does not seem to have raped anyone.
minus-square@BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink1•1 day agoHe didn’t work hard for it, his underpaid employees did. He just sold their hard work and kept the exorbitant profit.
minus-square@moakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•3 days agoIf anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
minus-square@HugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilink10•3 days agoIn Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
minus-square@moakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 days agoOh, for fuck’s sake. I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good. Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is. If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.
Should have shared the money with the workers who built the company into a $1.6B valuation and worth acquisition.
Jesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
That’s correct, there’s no way to be the good guy in a system like this. All you can do is try
At the end of the day, stolen wages are still stolen wages.
Lol, i know, right?
So many upvotes for the guy above you defending billionaires
Just because he gave it away, doesn’t remove his responsibility for how he “earned” it.
I agree, but it doesn’t sound like his choices are bad. There’s a comment further down.
Look, at least he does not seem to have raped anyone.
That’s a low bar.
At least there is a bar
…by working hard for it?
He didn’t work hard for it, his underpaid employees did. He just sold their hard work and kept the exorbitant profit.
duckin’ A
If anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
In Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good.
Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is.
If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.