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Unpopular opinion: I think a lot of people use charity/philanthropy as a cover to prevent scrutiny against other less than stellar things they have done. See Cl
by craigc 7y ago
Unpopular opinion: I think a lot of people use charity/philanthropy as a cover to prevent scrutiny against other less than stellar things they have done. See Clinton Foundation, McCain Institute, etc.
- mehrdadn 7y agoCover? That's your response to the Gates Foundation's philanthropy—that it's cover for shady stuff? Really? Whatever did they do that was so horrific compared to everything the foundation has achieved?
- math_and_stuff 7y agoAggressively normalize US companies conceding to Chinese Communist Party censorship and surveillance demands.
- samstave 7y agoI read a really interesting article some years ago how the rich setup charity foundations to hide from taxes. I donate to your foundation some large amount and you do the same. Then employ your family members to run the foundation and pay them a huge salary. I can’t validate this, but I recall the article.
- dredmorbius 7y agoAlfred Nobel: http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/how-alfred-nobel-read-an-obituary-that-called-him-the-merchant-of-death-and-made-amends-by-creating-the-nobel-prize.html http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/how-alfred-nobel-read-an-... The list is long. Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Pew, Kochs, ...