I was gonna include a third option about how money is easier to achieve without considering the morality of your actions but that’s not really a philosophy as much as it is an objective fact.

  • deadcatbounce
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    162 months ago

    The weird thing is that people still believe in the trickle-down effect.

    Musk is due to become the world’s first recognised trillionaire. Putin was probably the first.

    Very rich people are not philanthropic in any way that is noticeable.

    • @Floon@lemmy.ml
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      I would say “meaningful”. Billionaires can have a very noticeable effect with their philanthropy, while making essentially no sacrifice on their part. The Gates Foundation does very noticeable good, but Bill Gates isn’t giving of himself very much.

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        Yup.

        OPs point stands, though, because we could still do that without Gates, and for every Gates there’s a Musk that does evil and a ton of Arnaults and Bezos’s that just spend it on whatever.

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      Some of the royal families in the Gulf are also thought to be trillionaires.

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          I mean, given that it’s all speculation that’s not really a mistake. I just thought it might be good to mention.