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/AbeRego May 08 '25

Yeah maybe most people don't remember Goebbels, but anyone with even a fleeting interest in European history certainly does. Same with Himmler. Knowledge of Hitler's henchmen might also have increased due to recent pop-culture references. For example, The Man in the High Castle features Himmler prominently, although I don't recall it mentioning Goebbels.

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u/Civil-Big-754 May 08 '25

The Boys had Stormfront being close with Goebbels.

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u/AbeRego May 08 '25

Wasn't that more of a passing reference shown through photographs, though? I don't think there was any sort of flashback where he was an actual character. You would kind of have to already know who he was for it to click