return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1552arrow-down1external-linkA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down10·2 months agoShould have shared the money with the workers who built the company into a $1.6B valuation and worth acquisition.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down11·2 months agoJesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down7·2 months agoIf anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoIn Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoOh, for fuck’s sake. I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good. Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is. If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.
Should have shared the money with the workers who built the company into a $1.6B valuation and worth acquisition.
Jesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
If anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
In Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good.
Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is.
If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.