Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devoured there

Re:Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devoured there by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday April 16, 2017 @06:49PM (#14127996)

Gates is no hero for Microsoft, but his philanthropic efforts are probably heroic.

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Re:Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devoured there by dvtv75 on Monday April 17, 2017 @06:32AM (#14130129)

Even if his philanthropy allows him to pressure governments to change intellectual property laws around the world?

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Re:Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devoured there by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday April 16, 2017 @09:45PM (#14128717)

Interesting dilemma that.

The good his foundation does is much greater than the evils Microsoft have done, perhaps.

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Re:Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devoured there by seanp2k2 on Sunday April 16, 2017 @07:36PM (#14128226)

Was Robin Hood a hero?

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Re:Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devoured there by grogenaut on Sunday April 16, 2017 @08:55PM (#14128548)

No, he wasn't real.

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Re:Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devoured there by metaphorm on Monday April 17, 2017 @12:14PM (#14132033)

Robin Hood has more reality to me than grogenaut does. Funny how that works, considering that presumably you have a human body and Robin Hood never did.

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Re:Wealth isn’t created at the top, it is merely devoured there by grogenaut on Monday April 17, 2017 @02:31PM (#14133246)

Given grogenaut is an internet personality, this is entirely true understandable.

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