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A comment on Hong Kong Property Tycoon Gave Away Children’s $400m Inheritance. Parent comment

Re:Hong Kong Property Tycoon Gave Away Children’s $400m Inhe... by chongli on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @01:50PM (#19731059)
Who cares about Carnegie's reputation now that he's long since dead? It doesn't benefit him at all!

Does it hurt anyone alive today? That's the more important question.

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Re:Hong Kong Property Tycoon Gave Away Children’s $400m Inhe... by hprotagonist on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @02:48PM (#19731586)
The really hard questions are things like "are all of carnegie's depredations that he was responsible for while amassing his wealth in some sense 'worth it' if his wealth was subsequently spent on raising the standards for everyone? If so, by what metrics?"
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