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I genuinely believe Bill and Melinda Gates care about child poverty and disease, but they do things which are just ethically broken. “At the core of our founda
by thundergolfer 7y ago
I genuinely believe Bill and Melinda Gates care about child poverty and disease, but they do things which are just ethically broken.
“At the core of our foundation’s work is the idea that every person deserves the chance to live a healthy and productive life.”
The issue of child poverty and disease is huge, as they know, and every dollar that goes to it can be put to useful work. How then, can they justify spending $625,000,000 on a mega yacht of obscene luxury?
My donating $7000 dollars to the Against Malaria foundation statistically saves 1 child from dying of Malaria. That foundation is not saying “please stop sending money, we have enough”. They could use more.
Given their stated “core” idea, and such a stark choice between a child’s life and just one $7000 fraction of their new yacht, how on earth did they justify the full 90,000 * $7000 cost?