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Proof please, not a slogan. Like, actual facts.
by wewewedxfgdf 9mo ago
Proof please, not a slogan.
Like, actual facts.
- jcranmer 9mo agoI mean, do you have a counterexample? FWIW, Bill Gates is one of the people I would have pointed to as one of the less disreputable modern billionaires, and finding out that Melinda divorced him over his Epstein connections really soured my opinion of him.
- dnautics 9mo agojohn mackey, Definitely a bit ruthless but pretty good at maintaining integrity, only a little bit of an internet troll.
- n4r9 9mo agoIs this the same John Mackey that fired his own father from the board and criticises younger generations for trying to find meaningful work? I think OP has a point, it's very difficult to accumulate vast wealth without behaving ruthlessly and being kind of an asshole when it comes to making tough profit-over-people decisions.
- wudu 9mo agoWarren Buffett
- n4r9 9mo agoAlmost exclusively invests in companies with anti-competitive (i.e. bad for consumers/society) behaviours.
- vee-kay 9mo ago[flagged]
- Lammy 9mo agoI should know better than to feed the troll, but… - https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-fact#iiib:~:text=satisfaction%20of%20consumers.-,Microsoft%27s%20Pricing%20Behavior,-62.%20%C2%A0Microsoft%27s%20actual https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f... - https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-fact#iiib:~:text=V.-,MICROSOFT%27S%20RESPONSE%20TO%20THE%20BROWSER%20THREAT,-Microsoft%27s%20Attempt%20to https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f... - https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-fact#iiib:~:text=for%20a%20time.-,The%20Similar%20Experiences%20of%20Other%20Firms%20in%20Dealing%20with%20Microsoft,-93.%20%C2%A0Other%20firms https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f... - https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-fact#iiib:~:text=who%20preferred%20Navigator.-,Giving%20Internet%20Explorer%20Away%20and%20Rewarding%20Firms%20that%20Helped%20Build%20Its%20Usage%20Share,-136.%20In%20addition https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f... - https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-fact#iiib:~:text=on%20the%20desktop.%22-,Excluding%20Navigator%20from%20Important%20Distribution%20Channels,-143.%20%C2%A0Decision%2Dmakers https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f... - https://birdhouse.org/beos/byte/30-bootloader/ https://birdhouse.org/beos/byte/30-bootloader/ - http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/ One would have had to try very hard to avoid ever hearing about Microsoft's behavior in the '90s.
- spiderice 9mo agoThese are anecdotes. Proving that Bill Gates is an asshole doesn't automatically mean every rich person is an asshole.
- hgomersall 9mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....
- conception 9mo agoWhat an insane take. Are you not familiar with Bill Gates and like his entire business history? Sure he’s old and donates half of his hundred billion dollars to have half another billion dollars white wash his legacy that doesn’t mean he’s not a terrible person just because his charity has a great PR team.