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oh I wish this millionaire stood as an independent presidential candidate! He has demonstrated himself wise, kind, well meaning and uncorruptable. I well reme
by willvarfar 10y ago
oh I wish this millionaire stood as an independent presidential candidate!
He has demonstrated himself wise, kind, well meaning and uncorruptable.
I well remember how Microsoft was evil and Gates was the devil and we all loved to hate this success.
But applying himself to philanthropy he has demonstrated his intellectual integrity and genuine goodness.
- throwaway_exer 10y ago> He has demonstrated himself wise, kind, well meaning and uncorruptable. Not exactly. Charitable foundations in the USA are tax shelters where you still control the money. Also, I'm sure some of the grants either involve Microsoft products, or technology for the sake of technology, not for the benefit of the recipient.
- grenoire 10y agoMaybe he knows that what he's doing right now is and will be more beneficial to the world, than say what he could achieve as the POTUS.
- tartuffe78 10y agoAnd more enjoyable by far than spending 1.5 years on the campaign trail.
- hackermailman 10y agoThen spending the majority of his time as POTUS travelling to do fundraising dinners.
- willvarfar 10y agoThe article is all about how that is how his life already is... But he is the worlds richest man and doesn't need to "fund raise"; he cannot be brought.
- mcintyre1994 10y agoDoesn't he already do more fundraising with his foundation than most (any?) politicians do? I'm sure that sort of charitable fundraising is infinitely more rewarding, but in terms of the motions is it that different?
- WalterSear 10y agoHe does a lot, but really, fund raisers work as politicians on the side, rather than vice versa.
- untilHellbanned 10y agoSycophant to thin air, the saddest kind.
- nugget 10y agoKeep in mind that the media can demonize anyone and turn any hero into a villain. If Bill Gates ran for national office you'd soon hear stories about how he is an evil monopolist who used Microsoft to enrich himself at the expense of hundreds of small, independently owned software companies, who were crushed in the 80s and early 90s, with thousands of unfortunate people out of work as a result. Etc. Etc. Not to mention whatever skeletons would fall out of his (or anyone's) personal closet. (Personally I am a fan of Gates' life and career and do think he'd serve competently in almost any position he occupied; just using this example to make a point.)
- gist 10y agoHe was quite the devil when he was younger if you followed him back then. Most younger people are not aware of the Gates early on.
- cylinder 10y agoAm I really supposed to believe he eats a Big Mac everyday? And if he does what does that say about his stance on climate change?
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIf he really eats Bic Mac everyday, I'm personally willing to trust him more on this than popular opinion about how McDonalds is evil and processed food gives cancer.
- willvarfar 10y ago(The article says he eats it every chance he gets when he's on the road because his wife doesn't let him eat it when she's around)
- hilop 10y agoYour scientific view is that McDonald's is a foundation of a healthy diet?
- sametmax 10y agoMS under it's supervision has been caugh in lying, cheating, corrupting institutions and other unholly behavior so I feel his behavior now is more a way of trying to get redemption for his past sins. The PR seems to work though, most people completely forgot, and forgave.
- hilop 10y agoOTOH, the stuff MS was vilified for is now how we expect everyone to operate (FB, Apple, Google, Amazon)