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Re:Books I read this year by greglindahl on Monday December 04, 2017 @08:23PM (#15849077)
I suspect that the condemnation is for previous poor actions, not for the current good acts.
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Re:Books I read this year by majani on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:23AM (#15851121)
But what better atonement for previous sins than giving away 99% of your wealth to charity?
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Re:Books I read this year by greglindahl on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @03:46PM (#15855742)
And you might not be surprised to learn that many people don't think that's good enough.

This is not a new issue, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist)

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