They don't though, they "donate" to their OWN charity which is then controlled by their children... Virtually none of that vast wealth actually goes to helping people.

It is simply a tax evasion technique for them.

Side note: this is also why many professional athletes have "charities", they learned from the billionaires.

I'm too much of a Utilitarian to be able to overlook his philanthropy. His foundation has practically eliminated guinea worm. That alone has saved millions of lives.

But I'm not a god. Who am I to say whether all his philanthropy outshines his personal depravity? Maybe it doesn't, but if more billionaires used their money in a similar way, I think everything wouldn't be quite as shitty as they are.

why don’t you tell me what your actual problem is with Paul McCartney, Michael Jordan, Taylor Swift or Bill Gates? they’re all very rich. not billionaires as a concept, what makes these specific people so much more evil than an average person?

even if we say MOST people who became billionaires are bad, it doesn’t mean all of them are. and even if Bill Gates is a psychopath, he hasn’t raped any children that i’m aware of.

you guys seem to have a legitimate point that a system that lets billionaires exist is dangerous. but when you say shit like this - everyone outside the most extreme leftist circles is going to conclude that you’re insane and it makes changing things that much harder

bro a pedo rapist is not the same as a guy sleeping with an escort. it should be fucking obvious. throwing bullshit around only weakens our credibility and republicans are already using that to discredit this whole thing as a “witch hunt”.

Which tax was he meant to pay that he didn't?