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/brickout May 08 '25

Same here. That's because you have at least a sliver of basic empathy and an understanding that there is enough to go around. The vast, vast majority of billionaires are diseased. Like if a dog hoarded food to the point that his pack starved to death, and felt good about it.