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Re:The Faux Generosity of the Super-Wealthy: Why Bill Gates ... by ffggvv on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:32AM (#27287119)
policies shouldn’t be able to dictated by wealth in the first place or this wouldn’t be an issue.

one solution to this is campaign finance reform. another is to not make your government powerful enough to make policies like that because they will always be corrupted

but actually bill gates isn’t very involved at all in electoral politics and as far as i know doesn’t really donate

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Re:The Faux Generosity of the Super-Wealthy: Why Bill Gates ... by coldtea on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:19AM (#27287392)
>but actually bill gates isn’t very involved at all in electoral politics and as far as i know doesn’t really donate

That's because electoral politics are a sham. He'll get his way with the one or the other candidate/party anyway, and his reach and policy influence is global...

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