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Yes. The problem with Gates is not the good stuff his foundation does, it's the fact that a monopoly concentrated so much money in just a few folks (oligarchs)
by bediger4000 2y ago
Yes. The problem with Gates is not the good stuff his foundation does, it's the fact that a monopoly concentrated so much money in just a few folks (oligarchs) hands. This was an obvious problem as far back as the late 1990s, but as I recall nobody except a few cranks said anything about it.
- mandmandam 2y agoHaving since read the 'article' (read: puff piece), the above predictions are 4.5/5 (giving a generous half point for the one line mentioning Epstein). So why am I flagged? Is it really just the opinion of "cranks" to want better than this now? Has nearly everyone in the tech community really forgotten the decades of Gates cynically crushing promising businesses? Did I mess a memo where HN prohibits calling out puff pieces now? > as I recall nobody except a few cranks said anything about it. Well, even the DoJ took issue with it, eventually. It took a lot of broken dreams to get there though, and