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When you have an organisation full of people creating worth that you can cream off, you've bought a few houses, yacht, fast cars. You get to a point where you r
by pbhjpbhj 5y ago
When you have an organisation full of people creating worth that you can cream off, you've bought a few houses, yacht, fast cars. You get to a point where you realise you're not leaving anything of value behind and think "if I pay for a university building then I've created a legacy of education for generations to come".
TL;DR it's like a shiny name plaque for billionaires.
- seibelj 5y agoI get it - and I agree with the reasoning - but I want to leave a shiny new park with my name on the plaque, not a building in an overpriced university.
- chii 5y agoVery few people would see the park compared to the University building.
- seibelj 5y agoI disagree - more people would see and use the park. The building is for a rarified group.
- manquer 5y agoDepends on whose respect you value more. The average park goer or the people who work/study at the University. Also such donations kind of guarantee your kids will get into the university, so some additional perks are there too