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Re:A profound apology by Hydraulix989 on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @12:37AM (#13761469)
I don't know if those are orthogonal though (ruthless business leader and philanthropist). Andrew Carnegie is another great example.
Re:A profound apology by smallnamespace on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:38AM (#13761744)
Those qualities aren't necessarily orthogonal, but think about what it implies about how you should treat that ruthless capitalist.

Every dollar you gave to Bill Gates ended up being rather effectively used for good.

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Re:A profound apology by kbenson on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:22AM (#13762220)
Why don't you try pointing out where one of the numerous listed accomplishments[1] are incorrect, or only helpful to Bill Gates and his friends, rather than making unsubstantiated claims?

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundat...

Re:A profound apology by codr4life on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @09:55AM (#13764091)
Seriously? Who do you think wrote the Wikipedia entry, and why?
Re:A profound apology by kbenson on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @10:18AM (#13764314)
Then it should be easy to disprove, should it not?

If you bothered to actually read cited sources, you might find that there's criticism there as well. There is criticism at Wikipedia, backup up in some of the 153 cited sources.

Congratulations, by dismissing it out of hand without justification all you've done is remove any doubts as to whether you should be listened to on the topic at all. Hand-waving away massive amounts of information as propaganda because it's inconvenient to your view is not the action of a credible person.