▲ 746 ▼ [...] Steve Wozniak [75th birthday]: "I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for" (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 year ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 121 points 1 year ago (5 children) This is why all of the megarich are selfish assholes. The good people give their money away. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 year ago Or they have an epiphany and realize they have, perhaps not ‘fuck you’ money, but at least ‘bite me’ money. Then they sit in a row boat and fish or something. Greed is a pathology and we do a favor to those inflicted with it by taking it away faster and faster the more they steal from us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* And the good people never brag how charitable they are for doing so. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* The good people don't become billionaires in the first place You have extra money to name a hospital wing after yourself? Should have been taxed appropriately in the first place so that the hospital didnt need to sell naming rights just to fill a funding gap.... You have extra money to donate to your family charity? Should have been paid as appropriate wages to your workers instead of accumulating in your personal net worth.... All billionaire philanthropy is a failure of policy that allowed them to unjustly accumulate those billions through exploting others, thereby creating most of the problems that they "solve" through their philanthropy later in life permalink fedilink source parent [–] VerdantSporeSeasoning@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Part of what I liked about Rowling was that she was the first billionaire to lose billionaire status due to donating so much to charity. She had been poor & alone and understood how to support that. Then she decided fucking over transfolk was her favorite nonprofit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago She’s a clown and a transphobe for sure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 year ago Or they have an epiphany and realize they have, perhaps not ‘fuck you’ money, but at least ‘bite me’ money. Then they sit in a row boat and fish or something. Greed is a pathology and we do a favor to those inflicted with it by taking it away faster and faster the more they steal from us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* And the good people never brag how charitable they are for doing so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* The good people don't become billionaires in the first place You have extra money to name a hospital wing after yourself? Should have been taxed appropriately in the first place so that the hospital didnt need to sell naming rights just to fill a funding gap.... You have extra money to donate to your family charity? Should have been paid as appropriate wages to your workers instead of accumulating in your personal net worth.... All billionaire philanthropy is a failure of policy that allowed them to unjustly accumulate those billions through exploting others, thereby creating most of the problems that they "solve" through their philanthropy later in life permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VerdantSporeSeasoning@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Part of what I liked about Rowling was that she was the first billionaire to lose billionaire status due to donating so much to charity. She had been poor & alone and understood how to support that. Then she decided fucking over transfolk was her favorite nonprofit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago She’s a clown and a transphobe for sure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago She’s a clown and a transphobe for sure. permalink fedilink source parent