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Re:Melinda Gates: Bill's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein l... by crispyambulance on Friday March 04, 2022 @07:35AM (#30553826)
It's sad that the world depends on the largess of a billionaire for basic disease eradication. That's really the job of governments and their public health departments, but yeah, there are worse things he could spend his money on (see Koch bros).

None of us know much or anything at all about the ethics of Gates, I think it's even unfair to smear his name with Epstein's unless there's actual evidence/allegations of something (Epstein did seek out tychoons, after all, perhaps he was slowly working up to enticing Gates into something compromising?).

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Re:Melinda Gates: Bill's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein l... by zozbot234 on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:23AM (#30555146)
Government intervention should always be a last resort, since it inherently involves coercion and violation of people's rights as opposed to voluntary action. We should be glad that people are willing to donate to charitable efforts that address critical problems such as disease.
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