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I find the amorality of the billionaire class strange. He could be as good as somebody running a public enterprise, a research lab, a hospital. A state energy u
by ggm 6mo ago
I find the amorality of the billionaire class strange. He could be as good as somebody running a public enterprise, a research lab, a hospital. A state energy utility.
Instead he's running a giant meme tank feeding racist shit to win clicks and running fake AI ads boosting scam investments.
He's good at that. But is he actually any good at building things which enrich society without making him money?
- rl1987 6mo agoHe does run some strange "capitalist philanthropy" thing with his wife: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative
- tacostakohashi 6mo agoFrom his perspective, though, he's just responding to how society chooses to allocate capital. It's not his fault that society apparently values crappy websites more than hospitals, and if he didn't do it, someone else would have.
- badpun 6mo agoSame argument goes for Hitler though. If he didn't do it, there'd be another fascist leader exploiting the masses' love of fascism in early 1930s Germany.
- bdangubic 6mo ago> He's good at that. But is he actually any good at building things which enrich society without making him money? Name one human for whom this answer would be true - just one please? (not defending Zuck, he is probably one of the most evil people in the history of the entire civilization)
- ggm 6mo agoI don't know the name of my local hospital administrator, and nor do you I suspect. And, thats kind of the point.
- bdangubic 6mo agoyour local hospital administrator is building what exactly? she/he works for free? if you are in America you picked another evil empire, US health system - try and pick something else………
- btschaegg 6mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Richner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Richner
- senordevnyc 6mo agohe is probably one of the most evil people in the history of the entire civilization This is legitimately hilarious. If only Hitler or Stalin knew that to really hit the top of the evil pyramid these days, you need to create a social network. Murdering millions just doesn't compare.
- Dumblydorr 6mo agoHe’s a sociopath. Why ignore that obvious fact? He buys a Hawaiian island and builds a secret bunker there for when the wasted mouths are eradicated. These robber billionaires aren’t normal people.
- senordevnyc 6mo agoI'm sure they're all the same to you, but that's Ellison, not Zuckerberg.
- cutthegrass2 6mo agoNot a whole island, but a significant bit of one. https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/ https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-co...
- senordevnyc 6mo ago1400 acres is 0.4% of Kauai.
- journal 6mo agoHe's like Tiger Woods of social media. Can you imagine him doing anything else?
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