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Re:Bezos Earth Fund Grants $400M for Greening Underserved Ur... by deanCommie on Monday August 14, 2023 @04:17PM (#37126256)
It's bigger than that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Corporation_of_New_Yo...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Foundation

And now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos#Philanthropy (not significant enough yet to warrant it's own page)

A classic move by exploitative billionaires to launder their legacy. But what's the alternative? NOT doing it? We should support it, and shame the billionaires that DON'T. do this.

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Re:Bezos Earth Fund Grants $400M for Greening Underserved Ur... by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday August 14, 2023 @04:41PM (#37126548)
> But what's the alternative?

Taxing the crap out of them in some way that passes constitutional muster, and if necessary changing the constitution?

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Re:Bezos Earth Fund Grants $400M for Greening Underserved Ur... by k4rli on Monday August 14, 2023 @04:29PM (#37126407)
Definitely hard to trust their philanthropy. This was also a nice watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH4uh8cHuto
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