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Isn't that the way the world works? Someone does something bad, gets caught, and all of a sudden gives an endowment to some university or pediatric research ag

by bb88 7y ago

Isn't that the way the world works? Someone does something bad, gets caught, and all of a sudden gives an endowment to some university or pediatric research agency? I mean, isn't that the way billionaire's revamp their image?

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tempsy 7y ago
What’s your point? If elite child prostitution rings are “the way the world works” why should we continuing normalizing that as a society?
- bb88 7y ago
  Oh no, not at all. GP said he'd never heard of that in society before. Just trying to point out his ignorance.
rowanG077 7y ago
Not really. Someone doing something really bad will always have their image tainted. That doesn't mean we should stop them from doing good. Look at Bill Gates for instance. People still give him a lot of shit for what he did 20 to 30 years back even though he objectively has done a lot more good now then bad. Bill Gates did both of those things. We shouldn't forget either.
darawk 7y ago
Does that actually launder anyone's reputation? Epstein was doing this sort of stuff before he was ever arrested. He seems to have been legitimately interested in funding science research. Unfortunately the world is actually complicated and people aren't simply one-dimensional villains. The guy did some genuinely good things, in a seemingly honest way. That doesn't in any way absolve him of the horrible things he did. But it's not at all clear that the purpose of his donations was some sort of reputation laundering.
- bb88 7y ago
  Yes. It does. Money changes minds. And if you believe it does not, I have $100,000 that says it will.
  - darawk 7y ago
    Him donating to MIT doesn't change my mind about him. I'm not sure what your $100,000 point is about, he wasn't offering to pay everyone on earth to like him.
  - loeg 7y ago
    Where can I cash in on this $100,000?
    - bb88 7y ago
      See how easy it works? :) I haven't even given you the strings that are attached with the money.
      - loeg 7y ago
        You haven't given me the money either.
        bb88 7y ago
        But yet, why are you so eager to get the money?
        loeg 7y ago
        Because it advances my goal of saving enough money to retire and you still haven't actually specified any strings.

by bb88 7y ago

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tempsy 7y ago

What’s your point? If elite child prostitution rings are “the way the world works” why should we continuing normalizing that as a society?

bb88 7y ago
Oh no, not at all. GP said he'd never heard of that in society before. Just trying to point out his ignorance.

rowanG077 7y ago

Not really. Someone doing something really bad will always have their image tainted. That doesn't mean we should stop them from doing good. Look at Bill Gates for instance. People still give him a lot of shit for what he did 20 to 30 years back even though he objectively has done a lot more good now then bad. Bill Gates did both of those things. We shouldn't forget either.

darawk 7y ago

Does that actually launder anyone's reputation? Epstein was doing this sort of stuff before he was ever arrested. He seems to have been legitimately interested in funding science research. Unfortunately the world is actually complicated and people aren't simply one-dimensional villains. The guy did some genuinely good things, in a seemingly honest way. That doesn't in any way absolve him of the horrible things he did. But it's not at all clear that the purpose of his donations was some sort of reputation laundering.

bb88 7y ago
Yes. It does. Money changes minds. And if you believe it does not, I have $100,000 that says it will.
- darawk 7y ago
  Him donating to MIT doesn't change my mind about him. I'm not sure what your $100,000 point is about, he wasn't offering to pay everyone on earth to like him.
- loeg 7y ago
  Where can I cash in on this $100,000?
  - bb88 7y ago
    See how easy it works? :) I haven't even given you the strings that are attached with the money.
    - loeg 7y ago
      You haven't given me the money either.
      - bb88 7y ago
        But yet, why are you so eager to get the money?
        loeg 7y ago
        Because it advances my goal of saving enough money to retire and you still haven't actually specified any strings.