return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 days agoA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square191fedilinkfile-text
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoShould have shared the money with the workers who built the company into a $1.6B valuation and worth acquisition.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoIf anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoIn Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoOh, for fuck’s sake. I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good. Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is. If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoJesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoThat’s correct, there’s no way to be the good guy in a system like this. All you can do is try
minus-squareadminofoz@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoAt the end of the day, stolen wages are still stolen wages.
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoLol, i know, right? So many upvotes for the guy above you defending billionaires
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoJust because he gave it away, doesn’t remove his responsibility for how he “earned” it.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoLook, at least he does not seem to have raped anyone.
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoI agree, but it doesn’t sound like his choices are bad. There’s a comment further down.
Should have shared the money with the workers who built the company into a $1.6B valuation and worth acquisition.
duckin’ A
If anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
In Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good.
Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is.
If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.
Jesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
That’s correct, there’s no way to be the good guy in a system like this. All you can do is try
At the end of the day, stolen wages are still stolen wages.
Lol, i know, right?
So many upvotes for the guy above you defending billionaires
Just because he gave it away, doesn’t remove his responsibility for how he “earned” it.
…by working hard for it?
Look, at least he does not seem to have raped anyone.
That’s a low bar.
I agree, but it doesn’t sound like his choices are bad. There’s a comment further down.