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>> in order to make it to a billion dollars you need to consistently exploit people and absolutely refuse to use your power to help others in any significant wa
by at-fates-hands 5mo ago
>> in order to make it to a billion dollars you need to consistently exploit people and absolutely refuse to use your power to help others in any significant way.
I would categorically disagree with your statement.
Jeff Bezos
Elon Musk
Bill Gates
Mark Zuckerberg
All billionaires. All have created one (or multiple in Musk's case) products that have greatly benefitted society in numerous ways. The Gates Foundation has donated billions to causes all over the world. Bezos has committed over $3B to various charitable causes.
Also, More than 70% of lottery winners will run through of the money they've won and be right back where they started before winning. Further proving my point the people who win the lottery are not visionaries and have no desire to create products that will change people's lives. They're just happy to have the money.
- SlinkyOnStairs 5mo agoThat reply is utterly baffling. We can set aside Bezos and Musk, but the exploitative actions of Zuckerberg and especially Gates are extremely well documented.
- IshKebab 5mo agoThe claim was that they refuse to help others in any significant way. Clearly nonsense for Gates at least.
- sharts 5mo agohttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/bill-gates-philanthropy-misanthropy/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bill-gates-philant...
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- overgard 5mo agoIf you ever meet these people you're bound to have a "don't meet your heroes" moment.
- sharts 5mo agoAll of these people have also significantly contributed to societal collapse. You can’t look at a stock going up $100 but ignore the drop of $92.