• But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    People get tricked by these billionaires into thinking they’re decent, by donating to organizations run by their children. Nobody gets to be a billionaire by being moral, every single billionaire got there by stealing from the workers who did the heavy lifting, by robbing their wages and benefits. You cannot become a billionaire without taking from others. They are all a disease

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      10 days ago

      gates was never decent, especially around the vaccine initiative during covid. africa criticize him of using it as a way to institute vaccine colonialism in the continent. plus he needed to distance himself from being a ruthless businessman at MS, and THE EPSTEIN FILES TOO. his charities also laundering money.

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    10 days ago

    It always blows my mind when I see people defend this guy.

    He was so universally hated that he disappeared from public for like a decade while working with a PR rehab firm. That firm worked a goddamn miracle though.

    Also, having a non-profit whose endowment is invested in your companies and their partners. He’s a piece of shit billionaire, but he’s good at being a piece of shit billionaire.

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      10 days ago

      never trusted him despite him “donating” to africa, always suspected he was laundering money through his charities, and rich people often donate to african children, as a way to deflect attention away from themselves.

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    10 days ago

    This guy is in the Epstein files, but somehow avoided all the criticism relating to it.

    He has a well paid PR team.

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    11 days ago

    Was Gate’s philanthropy always just to make other rich people think he was cool? And now that right wing politics are in, he’s shifted over? I don’t see another explanation.

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    11 days ago

    Bill Gates is a fascist. He has no spine, no ethics, no morality. He is a billionaire piece of shit.