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Hunting billionaires for sport would make the world immeasurably better in every way
There are a tiny proportion of relatively decent ones, such as Mackenzie Scott (Bezos' ex-wife), so I would only ask that such a hunt not be completely indiscriminate.
All billionaires are bastards. Full stop. It doesn't fucking matter if they got there through marriage. It doesn't fucking matter if they donate to charity and seem like nice people. Nothing they can do can excuse the evil done by them or on their behalf to become that wealthy in the first place. You can tell they're cool with it because they never seem to stop being billionaires of their own free will.
Keeping such a black & white view of things makes you no better than MAGAts, IMHO. There's nuance to everything, and if you can't be bothered to consider it then YOU are making yourself part of the problem.
If you bothered to look into things & think them through, you'd see she's using her wealth to generate even more money she can donate to good causes. If she just gave away everything she got out of the marriage right away, she'd be approaching the bottom of her barrel right about now instead of having much more to contribute to good causes as she now does.
Step back from the anger, and get a bigger view of things, eh?
She’s unelected, and dictates the disbursement of a great deal of unearned funds.
Big picture, no nuance needed: it’s feudalist to let her make these decisions.
Grow TF up & get with reality, dude. She's working within a system she didn't create. When you effect a complete overhaul of how the country works, we'll talk. Until then, she's doing much more good than most - certainly more than the bullshit your unrealistic excuses to be judgemental are.
They can give their money away if they really are decent. Like she is doing. A notice of the start of hunting season should be all they would need to move themselves out of that class.
Make it a Top Ten Hunt. The list would be fluid as they either dispose of assets or get eliminated. Spoils go to the charity of those most in need.
If the killer keeps the money they take the 'vacant' place in the list, in the end the person most willing to use violence and most capable to buy protection end up with most money. Might not really be a meaningful difference to what we have now lol
They can't keep but, they can choose what charity it goes to.
"This is Samantha, and she's hunting for Toys For Tots. Good luck Samantha!"
I like that rule
Still married Bezos. Still has billions of dollars to her name. Still owns part of Amazon. There is no such thing as a decent billionaire.
https://pseigo.github.io/what-does-a-billion-look-like/
Keeping such a black & white view of things makes you no better than MAGAts, IMHO. There's nuance to everything, and if you can't be bothered to consider it then YOU are making yourself part of the problem.
If you bothered to look into things & think them through, you'd see she's using her wealth to generate even more money she can donate to good causes. If she just gave away everything she got out of the marriage right away, she'd be approaching the bottom of her barrel right about now instead of having much more to contribute to good causes as she now does.
Step back from the anger, and get a bigger view of things, eh?
Uh, copypasta? Trolling?
You'd know trolling. I was in a rush & couldn't remember how to refer to a second person in a response at that moment. Deal with it. Or don't, I don't GAF.