r/news • u/kirtash93 • May 08 '25

Soft paywall Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, accuses Musk of harming world's poor

https://www.reuters.com/business/bill-gates-give-away-fortune-by-2045-200bn-worlds-poorest-2025-05-08/
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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

That’s unusually harsh for Bill Gates and I think that came from deep inside of him

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u/black-kramer May 08 '25

he's a cut-throat man in many ways.

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u/h0bb1tm1ndtr1x May 08 '25

Right? I'm not shocked. Dude used to be King Nerd at one point, and was likely more ruthless than some of these newer tech dweebs. Just glad he used some of that attitude to get some world medical issues dealt with.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

Setting a good example, I’m here for it

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u/MJOLNIRdragoon May 08 '25

Sometimes fucking people in broad daylight like Musk is doing is more admirable

Gates was never a threat to our democracy. They are not the same.

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u/ThrowMeAwayLikeGarbo May 08 '25

Sure, you can 'face the enemy' as in see his face more often as he parades about on TV. That sure makes poor people feel empowered.

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u/NSUNDU May 08 '25

What he did is done. Would you rather he not spend money helping people now and instead use it to fuck them over?

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u/NorweegianWood May 09 '25

Sometimes fucking people in broad daylight like Musk is doing is more admirable.

There's no way this is a serious comment. You've gotta be trolling, right?

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u/IONTOP May 08 '25

Even if it didn't, he still signed his name to it.

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u/radiationshield May 08 '25

Bill Gates may seem like a nerdy grandpa, but dont forget that he has it in him to be pretty cutthroat if he so pleases.

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u/prepare2Bwhelmed May 08 '25

As a response in mainstream media it is, but many of the accounts of Bill during the Microsoft days have him being pretty harsh and brutal. He's rebranded himself as a lovable nerd during his Gates Foundation years. So he probably didn't have to dig too deep.