@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@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.
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.