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Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by olivermarks on Sunday August 09, 2020 @04:39PM (#24102684)
It's not misleading at all, you've just grown up in a warm bath of Bill Gates PR. Gates is a very shrewd business man from a very shrewd and well connected family. There is nothing 'amazing' about his monopolistic practices, which he is now focusing on global bigPharma. Gates hides behind a 'giving it all away' trust based (aka tax avoidance) philanthropy but his wealth has doubled in the last few years. I wouldn't normally waste time on this but Gates is a dark character once you look beyond the pr veneer and fawning media coverage. We are in a very serious global pandemic where transparency and solutions by, of and for the people are needed, not for profit 'philanthropic' capitalism and social controls.
Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by BeatLeJuce on Sunday August 09, 2020 @05:09PM (#24102929)
Did I despise MS od the 90s and their business tactics? Sure. But wether he pays taxes on his philanthropic endeavors doesn't really matter, what matters is that they exist and do some good in the world -- and certainly, spending money on health care is good in my book. So what makes him a "dark character" in your eyes?
Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by sukilot on Sunday August 09, 2020 @07:34PM (#24103866)
Instead of donating to existing public health (and education) organizations, OS programmer Gates created his own so that his personal biases wouldn't be challenged.
Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by olivermarks on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:03PM (#24115717)
@BeatLeJuce You don't have to go very far online to find the answers to you question. James Corbett has amassed a formidable array of facts and history, for example.
Re:Interview with Bill Gates on Covid, social media by BeatLeJuce on Friday August 21, 2020 @07:05AM (#24233848)
This guy: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_Corbett ? I'm sorry, but that is nowhere close to a credible source