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The funny thing is, I think Bill Gates even voluntarily pointed this out about himself. It may have been what lead him to the change in plan where he eventually donates most of his fortune before dying.
Doesn’t mean anything anyone else has said here is wrong, even about him. Very common for billionaires to find messages to save face.
His donations are mostly to things connected to him and family, aren’t they?
A lot of the Gates foundation goes towards infectious diseases, maternity and child care (around the world).
It's done for tax breaks of course, but that's the dumb system we accept.
I would have thought taxing wealth and distributing not based off individuals decisions but rather global/national networks and experts would be the best way, but hell.. The way this current administration is siphoning funds out of everything including the military to push a partisan agenda shows that could go horribly wrong as well
It's also done in such a way as to prioritize for profit solutions rather than non profit solutions