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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago (6 children)
[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

what is bill gates sacrificing to do this? As far as I'm aware absolutely nothing at all.

i think in order for this to be praised, in order for it to be good or generous there needs to be any amount of sacrifice. Is he downsizing his mansion for this? Does even one thing about his life change?

this is just a way of buying good pr.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Damn, Erika must be hanging around the wrong spaces. Don't get me wrong, the liberalist ones are full of idealistic drivel like that, it's true, but any Marxist space will drill into you their famous quote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theses_on_Feuerbach

The document is best remembered for its epigrammatic 11th and final thesis, "Philosophers so far have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it", which is engraved on Marx's tomb.

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 13 hours ago

Bill gates isn't actually going to do this....

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah

Like the idiots who think philanthropy is an acceptable compromise to a fair society.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

You making yourself our enemy won't make us take your side.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm saying 'saving lives is good actually' and you declare me an enemy that "endorses capitalism and imperialism"

exhausting

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Omg you're exhausting!!

It would be better if be hadn't fucked with our economies to start with.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

I'm with you 100%.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 1 points 12 hours ago

Your "nothing wrong" includes frequent trips to Epstein's island. 😬

I guess I'm just a crazy online Leftist for not thinking a nice donation to NPR is enough to even out molesting kids. I guess you want to give him a tote bag?