Why do subscription billionaires think they automatically become "professionals" of societal progress?
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2025
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He can blather as mich as he wants, stop giving the douche air time or column inches ffs.
That guy that told me to sell my GameStop shares and that investing in that company is gambling? Yeah just shut the fuck up already!
Gates often gets a pass because he gives away a lot of money and "advocates" for a wealth tax. But he's still a billionaire and still hoards more resources and power than any single person could ethically possess.
Not really what the article is about
Article seems to be exaggerating this like...a lot. Seems to just be saying you can't only fix climate change and magically the world will be a better place.
Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.
Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.
Release the Epstein files and all will be revealed
Bill Gates is a monopolist whose shady business practices in the 90s and 2000s make him a very evil man.
All billionaires are inherently evil by their own nature. Unless they literally won the lottery with take home $1 billion.
To become a billionaire you have to do some dark Machiavellian deeds whether by exteeme exploitation of human labour or manipulation of the most unethical proportions. A billion in wealth is something quite unimaginable before the 20th century, and the means to obtain that level of wealth in history has always been dark and dirty.
I think your point stands generally, but Paul McCartney is a billionaire and I don't think writing a bunch of pleasant tunes qualifies as "dark Machiavellian deeds".
The music industry is though.
True. In a sense, being a successful musician is more like winning the lottery. The best songwriter in the world isn't going to sell shit without a label behind them.
Paul didn't get that rich by writing music. He is a businessman and the music industry is quite a controlling evil mafia.
This is libelous. His business practices were also shady in the '70s and '80s.
Nah, not respectfully, bill Gates is a piece of shit who has spent millions in charities to pretend he's a nice guy.
I too can pretend to be really nice by slamming millions around even though I have acted like a shit stain before.
i once tried to question him when he did an AMA like a decade ago, the mods/filters dint allow it though,specifically about him money laundering.
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He should only take advice from Balmer. And to be clear, the cocaine Balmer.
Instructions unclear: drowning in an abundance of photographical developer
Why respectfully? Who has Bill Gates shown actual respect for?
Jeffrey Epstein?
ok good point
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Irrespectfully most tech moguls need to shut the fuck up, especially about shit that has nothing to do with tech
You do know people can learn new things. Especially people with tons of money and time. You should try sometime, it's fun!
I know people in the tech field can be very biased towards tech bullshit, and they tend to model everything through the cold vision of their industry.
Ok but define "tech" at this point. That made sense in 2000, maybe 2010, it's... ubiquitous now
he was always known to be ruthless during his ceo days, his current image is trying to reinvent, and also to soften the blow of him being associated with epstein.
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Gates does not need to “shut up”. He needs to testify as to what his relationship is with Epstein.
Quiet, you fool! Don't antagonize him. You think all that Windows AI is out there for our benefit? Oh no, it's there for Bill to press the button and blue screen the world. And don't tell me Linux users are safe; that's what the assassination squads are for.
Disrespectfully, Bill Gates needs to shut the fuck up
Respectfully, Bill Gates is complicit in genocide and should be investigated for his connections with Epstein.
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Ladies and gentlemen and others, this is what they call "the good billionaire"!
Maybe there is hope for a world where being rich doesn't mean you are assumed to be wise and all knowing and should be consulted on everything.
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Bill Gates now openly towing the WEF propaganda line which KurzGesagt produced for him earlier. This is so expected.
To understand the situation see https://youtu.be/ZRPcyWNfgxo
But what about my good billionaire? :( /s
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