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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by spaetzleesser on Sunday August 09, 2020 @04:04PM (#24102421)
"So why not talk to the really smart people he hired?"

There is definitely a billionaire cult going on these days. I don't know when it started but I see more and more headlines "billionaire does X", "billionaire says Y". Somehow being a billionaire gives you credibility on everything you do or say.

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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by WalterBright on Sunday August 09, 2020 @05:30PM (#24103080)
It's probably better than the celebrity actor endorsements, or whatever "influencers" say.
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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by cubano on Sunday August 09, 2020 @05:35PM (#24103126)
more like on par with them.
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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by matwood on Sunday August 09, 2020 @06:57PM (#24103666)
Like it or not money is influence. It’s even more amplified when you have an incompetent government. It would be great if Trump hadn’t bungled the entire response, then maybe BG would just be another person behind the scenes helping with funding.
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