Isn’t Gates the guy who convinced Oxford to turn away from licensing their Covid vaccine under an open license so anyone could distribute it for cheap, and instead made them sign with Astrazeneca “to scale up production and distribution”
The inherent problem with this is that charity should be something guided by community consensus and expert opinion, not at the whim of an oligarch (who is primarily funneling money into his own foundation). Imagine if that money went into fair worker pay and then was taxed appropriately, where it could then be used for outreach programs, grants, funding ngos, etc dictated by political means rather than having some pseudo king having to decide your cause is worthy. granted in our current climate the political means are rotten but if we had an equitable system that didn’t allow for bill gates to exist we would hopefully have a better framework for this part too.
Also will take the time to point out that for all of his “charity” his net worth has, for the most part, stayed the same or increased throughout the years. Something tells me his kids will have still have obscene generational wealth
Oh, I don’t disagree. The how to his billions should be scrutinized heavily, which is what I was pointing toward with the last sentence.
As for his net worth, he has currently pledged (last month) to give it away before he dies. His now ex wife still has an impressive amount and his kids no doubt have massive trusts to their name, so they will not need to work for anything (a disservice, I think).
Again, I just think he is using his massive wealth in a more altruistic manner than the majority of the wealthy, which does not do away with his historical moral character.
Can ya calm yer shit down and quit being a condescending ass to another person? Is that at all possible?
This is a change from what his plan was previously and was just announced last month. If you could read, I have not once defended the guy, just pointed out a difference between him and others. That’s it. He has always been a conniving schmuck and billionaires should not exist.
Bill Gates is 69, Mark Zuckerberg is 41. When Gates was 41 he was much worse than Zuckerberg(or most other billionaires) is now and we don’t even know what Zuck will be doing when he’s 69. Time will tell but it will take a bit of effort to be worse than Bill Gates.
I had the audacity to criticise Bill Gates (a hoarding billionaire), floods of people rose to protect him …
So yes.
Well, he is trying to give away ALL of his wealth before he dies now, so he has that up on other billionaires.
Now, as for how he ended up with those billions…
Isn’t Gates the guy who convinced Oxford to turn away from licensing their Covid vaccine under an open license so anyone could distribute it for cheap, and instead made them sign with Astrazeneca “to scale up production and distribution”
Y’all need to get some reading comprehension. I’m not defending but damming by faint praise.
You all need some engagement skills. I’m not damning, just vibing off vauge statements
I was damning Gates with my faint praise.
I found that vague
The inherent problem with this is that charity should be something guided by community consensus and expert opinion, not at the whim of an oligarch (who is primarily funneling money into his own foundation). Imagine if that money went into fair worker pay and then was taxed appropriately, where it could then be used for outreach programs, grants, funding ngos, etc dictated by political means rather than having some pseudo king having to decide your cause is worthy. granted in our current climate the political means are rotten but if we had an equitable system that didn’t allow for bill gates to exist we would hopefully have a better framework for this part too.
Also will take the time to point out that for all of his “charity” his net worth has, for the most part, stayed the same or increased throughout the years. Something tells me his kids will have still have obscene generational wealth
Oh, I don’t disagree. The how to his billions should be scrutinized heavily, which is what I was pointing toward with the last sentence.
As for his net worth, he has currently pledged (last month) to give it away before he dies. His now ex wife still has an impressive amount and his kids no doubt have massive trusts to their name, so they will not need to work for anything (a disservice, I think).
Again, I just think he is using his massive wealth in a more altruistic manner than the majority of the wealthy, which does not do away with his historical moral character.
I strongly recommend anyone that thinks Gates has redeeming qualities listen to the Behind the Bastards on the man.
Spoiler: there are no redeeming qualities about any billionaires.
And it is stupid to think people can’t change.
I strongly recommend that people don’t listen to bullshit podcasts like they are beacons of truth
You can literally just go to the episode and read the sources for yourself if you hate fun dude
He isn’t giving away his wealth my poor summer child.
He said that in the nineties and he did “give away” 45 billions, but to his own “charity” which he controls, to avoid paying taxes.
Let that sink in, you have a hundred billions and you wake up early to figure out how to pay less taxes…
And he and his charity has been putting massive amounts of money into sicle cell. Or has that changed.
This is a recent statement.
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/next-chapter
Again, not saying he is a good guy. Just better than other billionaires.
Many billionaires have said that. Look at what they do. Not what they say.
So he’s repeting it, and not doing it? Like he lies again? What are you trying to convey?
Can ya calm yer shit down and quit being a condescending ass to another person? Is that at all possible?
This is a change from what his plan was previously and was just announced last month. If you could read, I have not once defended the guy, just pointed out a difference between him and others. That’s it. He has always been a conniving schmuck and billionaires should not exist.
People without arguments use their hands.
He has told that lie 20 years ago, 30? But never done it, what’s news in that link if it isn’t that its not news but a lie?
Bill Gates is 69, Mark Zuckerberg is 41. When Gates was 41 he was much worse than Zuckerberg(or most other billionaires) is now and we don’t even know what Zuck will be doing when he’s 69. Time will tell but it will take a bit of effort to be worse than Bill Gates.
He’s not the worst, but Epstein, hoarding, Windows Vista…