return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1906arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1888arrow-down1external-linkA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square165fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down14·12 hours agoIf anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·11 hours agoIn Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoOh, for fuck’s sake. I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good. Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is. If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.
If anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
In Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good.
Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is.
If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.