• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Elon Musk is a non philanthropic pile of shit.

    Once you start seeing who constitutes the pool of “philanthropists” in this country or, really, any other, you discover he’s right in line with the rest. From Bill Gates to Bernard Marcus and Mark Zuckerberg to Karl Ichan, the vast majority of “Giving Pledge” folks are absolute sociopaths.

    Almost as though “charity” as its defined in the US tax code is just a way to evade taxes while advancing some reactionary cause du juor.

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      1 day ago

      Uh since when has Zuckerberg ever been considered a philanthropist? Literally never heard that before. And I’m not young. Also besides Bill Gates those other names ring no bells for me

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      23 hours ago

      Bill Gates has actually done stuff unlike the rest of them. The Gates foundation has done some good work.