Why do subscription billionaires think they automatically become "professionals" of societal progress?
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2025
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Article seems to be exaggerating this like...a lot. Seems to just be saying you can't only fix climate change and magically the world will be a better place.
He can blather as mich as he wants, stop giving the douche air time or column inches ffs.
That guy that told me to sell my GameStop shares and that investing in that company is gambling? Yeah just shut the fuck up already!
Release the Epstein files and all will be revealed
Gates often gets a pass because he gives away a lot of money and "advocates" for a wealth tax. But he's still a billionaire and still hoards more resources and power than any single person could ethically possess.
Not really what the article is about
Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.
Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.
He should only take advice from Balmer. And to be clear, the cocaine Balmer.
Instructions unclear: drowning in an abundance of photographical developer
Nah, not respectfully, bill Gates is a piece of shit who has spent millions in charities to pretend he's a nice guy.
I too can pretend to be really nice by slamming millions around even though I have acted like a shit stain before.
i once tried to question him when he did an AMA like a decade ago, the mods/filters dint allow it though,specifically about him money laundering.
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Why respectfully? Who has Bill Gates shown actual respect for?
Jeffrey Epstein?
ok good point
Yeah. Shut the fuck up, Bill.
Epstein, from who melinda seperated from when she found out. his "current entrepuenership, was nothing more than money laundering and reinventing his own image from his MS ceo/epstein days, he did not charity by accident/genuine. plus he was criticized for his "vaccine colonialism" during covid by african countries.
What is "vaccine colonialism"? All I can find when I look it up is antivaxxers wrapping themselves in a cloak.
Gates does not need to “shut up”. He needs to testify as to what his relationship is with Epstein.
Quiet, you fool! Don't antagonize him. You think all that Windows AI is out there for our benefit? Oh no, it's there for Bill to press the button and blue screen the world. And don't tell me Linux users are safe; that's what the assassination squads are for.
High-school dropout nepo-baby Bill Gates? That one?
The guy that stole IBMs UI setup and made Windows?
Xerox’s
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Ladies and gentlemen and others, this is what they call "the good billionaire"!
Respectfully, Bill Gates is complicit in genocide and should be investigated for his connections with Epstein.
Fact Check: List of claims about Bill Gates includes falsities
Not to defend the guy but there are enough real skeletons in his closet. We don't need to spread misinformation.
Respectfuly, if you want to fact check someone atleast say what fact you are checking. Although perhaps I could have been more clear.
For the record, Bill Gates is complicit in the genocide in Gaza
- https://timschwab.substack.com/p/is-philanthropy-profiting-from-genocide
- https://www.mintpressnews.com/microsoft-israel-surveillance-azure-idf-gaza-genocide/290534/
- https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/11/11/bill-gates-should-know-better-how-israeli-occupation-ravages-environment-palestine
And he has connections with Epstein who on top of the whole child rape side gig was very successful at laundering money to send to Israel.
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-27/epstein-files-six-pages-released/105823750
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-democrats-release-partial-epstein-records-referencing-musk-gates-and-prince-andrew
- https://pagesix.com/2025/04/15/celebrity-news/melinda-gates-addresses-ex-bills-deeply-disturbing-jeffrey-epstein-link/
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Fuck Bill. Let's throw him in the volcano with the other elites
That's wasteful. Pit them against each other in death matches.
on top of a volcano. loser goes in. that would make Hephaestus happy
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Maybe there is hope for a world where being rich doesn't mean you are assumed to be wise and all knowing and should be consulted on everything.
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~~Respectfully~~, Bill Gates Needs to Shut Up
~~Respectfully~~, Bill Gates Needs to Shut the Fuck Up
Might I add, also disrespectfully.
But what about my good billionaire? :( /s
Lol Bill Gates now openly towing the WEF propaganda line which KurzGesagt produced for him earlier. This is so expected.
To understand the situation see https://youtu.be/ZRPcyWNfgxo
I remember when he did an AMA on Reddit and every comment about his Epstein connection was instantly buried.
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No respect needed.
Don't ask whether it's distraction from Epstein list, ask whether everything bad is distraction from climate change and wealth inequality.
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Maybe he should stop raping children, aiding genocide and supporting climate deniers instead of treating philanthropy like a pre-reformation nobleman buying indulgences to get into heaven?
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