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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Maybe all the shitheads will move over there and the rest of us can get to work on clean night up the country. Although that would mean the poor Greenlanders being drowned out with shithead invaders, which is extremely unfair on them.

[–] jonne 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just shows that the idea that Bill Gates was one of the good ones was just PR. There are no good billionaires.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Somebody said that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a way for him to funnel money to his children without paying taxes, and that the disease fighting stuff is just a side benefit.

[–] jonne 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, the thing is that a donation to philanthropy is tax deductible, so even if you control the charity 100%, it counts. Instead of paying taxes, you're just paying yourself. And once it's in that charity, you can use that money for any charitable cause, even if that cause benefits the non-charitable side of your portfolio. This means that you can

  • pay for your own PR
  • use the charity money to buy a bunch of medicine to eradicate some disease, while you have investments in the pharma company that will provide said medicine
  • donate to academia to steer research goals and then become a early investor in any spinoff companies that result from that
  • donate to a charity run by a politician/other rich person to curry favour

It's not a coincidence he's become richer despite 'donating his wealth'.

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