I see you’re not familiar with The Rules of Acquisition…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvFYBkesqGU
Funny unverified rumor, but it’s believed that the GOP thought that The Ferengi were a mockery of Milton Friedman, and they stated the fictional race was “antisemitic.”
I have no problem believing it.
Agreed.
Oh, I’m in agreement.
It’s the reason “The Founders” of the Great American Experiment included the device of Amendments to The Constiution. They knew things would change, and need to be “amended.” Most of them were also rich land owning white men who thought only they deserved to make any important decisions, and a lot of them were slave owners.
I’m in no way fanboying anyone.
And Gates doesn’t do jack shit to help the American people, in the country that made him obscenely rich. And he can afford it, along with his other “philanthropy.”
It’s a PR stunt. He’s as bad as the rest.
We should start a new tradition:
They can be billionaires, but 5 of them per year will be selected in a lottery for execution, and all their assets will be distributed to the Common World Good.
Says the guy who pumps his obscene wealth into a “Foundation” that he controls. The very definition of a tax shelter. And does absolutely jack shit to influence the hyper capitalistic hellscape that made him that rich.
He doesn’t give two fucks about his “work” in Africa, or anywhere else. This is the guy who fought against making the CVD-19 vaccine IP free for the world. All of that is less than a picofraction of a drop to his wealth, or empathy. It’s a PR stunt. He didn’t want to die hated as the greediest man who ever lived. He was smart enough to pay attention to how much he was despised during the antitrust trial that Bush Jr. killed.
Don’t fall for it, don’t believe it. Bill Gates cares about Bill Gates.
He also proposed regulation, and limits.
Well, they’ve normalized and made overt cruelty a virtue over the last 40 years through mass media.
I’m old. 53. I never gave too much thought to the whole capitalism vs communism vs socialism debate until my early 30’s.
But at my age, it’s become blatantly, obscenely obvious that unregulated, laissez-faire, free market capitalism is evil. That “fiducial duty” to prioritize stranger’s money is more important than human lives.
Putting investors above common, basic decency is abominable, and irredeemable.
I don’t give two fucks about shareholders, or their “investment.”
I understand.
It’s the same human drama that’s been played out since the dawn of time. The powerful dominated the weak, and helpless.
We deserve our extinction when our sun goes red giant, but it’ll happen much sooner than that.
We’re an irredeemable species.
It’s simpler that that: profit.
Israel will cleanse the area to make it safe and profitable for land developers. Casinos, hotels, golf courses, etc.
Trump openly stated it.
There’s nothing the average citizen can do. “The Powers That Be” will protect Israel at any cost, because Israel is a military beachhead in the Middle East for any potential military action against “The Muzlimz.”
Agreed.
Rapacious greed is a mental illness that is instilled in childhood.