Yes I read those PR stories repeated all over. Bill gates, donated half his wealth to charity. Philanthropist.
He donated it to his own foundation! Of which most of it is sitting collecting interest on the stock market and a small billion is used to fund medical research, for which he gets ownership in return no doubt. Media is for sale.
Once you have enough money to buy everything you would want to buy, you use the rest to reshape the world according to your wishes. Somehow this gets called 'charity' and is tax exempt.
And Bill Gates was the shadiest tech oligarch ever, at one point. He didn't turn a new leaf after that, he just got out-shaded by the even worse Google, Twitter etc.
Yes I read those PR stories repeated all over. Bill gates, donated half his wealth to charity. Philanthropist. He donated it to his own foundation! Of which most of it is sitting collecting interest on the stock market and a small billion is used to fund medical research, for which he gets ownership in return no doubt. Media is for sale.
Once you have enough money to buy everything you would want to buy, you use the rest to reshape the world according to your wishes. Somehow this gets called 'charity' and is tax exempt.
And Bill Gates was the shadiest tech oligarch ever, at one point. He didn't turn a new leaf after that, he just got out-shaded by the even worse Google, Twitter etc.