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‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 32 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It was a rhetorical question. I know she said that about Epstein, but what about her husband who socialised with him plus the business practises at Microsoft

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I am sure she was fine with it because she married him and grew rich off his unethical business practices. She got what she wanted.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I don't quite understand why or how we try to give the wives of these evil megalomaniac billionaires a free pass.

    They are either complicit, helping them to be evil megalomaniac billionaires, or they simply do not care what the evil megalomaniac billionaires do as long as they get to live the rich life.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    The reason is sexism.

    Either people believe the wives to be innocent because something something men suck women are the best and can do no wrong unlike evil men,

    Or

    People believe the wives re innocent becausw they think the women too dumb to know what was going on or too disinterested to find out.

    Both are sexist bullshit pushed by people who don't understand the rich are all in it together, and are all opposed to being held accountable by the poors

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