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In other words... you made it up to confirm your bias?

• lapcat 3y ago
  No. I'm not even sure what you mean by "confirm". Did I make up the theory? Yes, of course, by definition. All theories are made up. Am I cynical about the motives of billionaires? Yes. Was my theory inspired by my cynicism? Yes. Did my theory "confirm" anything? No, I don't know what it would confirm. The purpose of the theory is to explain the existence of all these family-run "charitable" foundations that every ultra-wealthy person seems to be setting up nowadays, regardless of how terrible that person might have been in the past or continues to be in the present. Don't you think that's a bit suspicious? Honestly, I have a hard time believing that these foundations could do any more good than simply writing $10k checks to millions of poor people. That would immediately and dramatically improve their lives.