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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by HiLo on Thursday December 03, 2015 @12:22PM (#10670878)
"it's the rich deciding what to do with their own money."

No, I wouldn't agree on that at all. That runs entirely counterproductive to what our society is built on. This is the arrogance people talk about - you think you know what is better for people than they do.

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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by saosebastiao on Thursday December 03, 2015 @01:16PM (#10671404)
Actually, it is, at least using your own arguments. The money in this case actually does belong to the billionaire. He earned it under the legal environment decided by our democratically chosen government. And he gets to keep what the democratically chosen government decided is his to keep. And he gets to choose how to spend it, because the democratically chosen government has decided to afford him that freedom.
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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by anon4 on Thursday December 03, 2015 @01:03PM (#10671273)
Each individual knows what's best for themselves and also what's best for the people, duh. And the more money you have the more you know what's bester.
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