Any of the billionaires that have already died did one thing good by nature of having died.
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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In these comments: People who think someone can accumulate obscene personal wealth and then give a small percentage away makes them good. But if someone dares suggest taxing that obscene wealth they are a monster.
Not to defend billionaires, but this post sets an incredibly low bar. I imagine that all people, billionaires included, have done something good in their lives.
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Give me a billion dollars and I'll donate some to the ravioli foundation.
Mike Cannon-Brookes (co-founded Atlassian) has set up a 1.5b green fund to invest in green energy projects
invest
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They've all done at least one good thing that's a insanely low bar that's very subjective. Name one that isn't more good than harm in the world? They don't exist.
The problem isn't a billionaire that's done anything good, the problem is a billionaire who has done more good things than bad.
Those don't exist.
There's no amount of good you can do to make up for the amount of exploitation you had to do in order to get to be a billionaire.
It doesn't mean that a billionaire can't do anything good. It just means the world would still be better off without them.
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Bruce Wayne.
Millburn Pennybags or Uncle Pennybags gave you $200 every time you passed go.
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Notch made Minecraft.
He's been a little shit since then, but at least Minecraft is pretty cool.
I think his actions as a billionaire are more telling.
Minecraft is just a knock off of Infiniminer anyway and Zachtronics are much more deserving of the billions. Love all their games. What else has Notch done?
Michael Kelly caused Blockbuster to go out of business.