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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Isn't he literally the only billionaire who has been donating a lot over the years?

But yes, fully agree. There's no reason any person should be that rich. They're cause and symptom of a fucked-up system

McKenzie Scott (Bezos Ex-Wife) is doing what she can to get the divorce money to where it normally doesn't land, so if we eat the rich, i'd currently say she's off limits, pending good behavior.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How did he get to be a billionaire? By standing on the throats of others, he could not have created that wealth without harm.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 17 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

I think a big problem with our financial system is people with wealth have the ability to siphon wealth out of companies through the stock market. Ultimately that company is paying shareholders with profit generated by the workers. A billion invested with just 5% dividends would take many lifetimes of constant work for an individual to pay off a single time, let alone every year. Yet that's how it is. Billionaires get richer and richer and their blood sucking proboscis gets bigger and bigger.

We live in a financially feudal society where the Lord's have no responsibility to tend to the land.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Absolutely not. I think others give a bit less, but they’re just not public about it.

Warren Buffet makes $5B annual donations to charities. He’s an investor, so if he gave it all out as a lump sum, he wouldn’t be able to make more to donate next year (and aside total received, many charities work better with consistent yearly funding)