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“If you're born poor, it is not your mistake, but if you die poor, it is your mistake.”
-Bill Gates
Just one Great Man to another. You see, we "normals" need to just shut up and get out of the way of these great men. They'll figure out what's best for us all, like a caring father. They are superior to us, after all. They're like Mr. Incredible, and we're just some nameless civilian in need of rescue.
/s
Gates had an interview with some news network about meeting with Trump a few days after his inauguration. Of course he was kissing ass, saying it was a great conversation, that Trump was deeply engaged and wanted to help with HIV/AIDS research.
Less than 2 weeks later Trump killed aid for foreign countries and killed USAID. Wonder if Gates is still willing to bend the knee and kiss ass.
coward
I was kind of annoyed with all the Gate praise after this article came out. Sure he decried Mr Sieg Heil, but he also said this:
“In some ways he is feeling more comfortable and vindicated than at any time in his life, so he is confident,” Gates said, explaining that he did not feel any reluctance to visit the populist rightwing president. “Well, he is the most powerful person in the world and his decision over whether to consider changing HIV funding alone would make the trip worth it, or to encourage Pakistan and Afghanistan to take polio eradication seriously.”
Gates added that he met Trump more frequently during his first term as president than he did Joe Biden during his Oval Office tenure. He said: “I had a lot of times when I would go to the White House and they would say, ‘We think you are going to see President Biden today,’ but six times in a row it didn’t happen,” adding that he was instead invited to meet the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, or other staff.
Trump, Gates said, “has a lot of ability to help me … Is he going to fund infectious disease innovation or end it? I need to stay close. Whoever gets to enthuse President Trump about the right things, that is God’s work.”
He went to the White House to try and alter the decision. It might be futile but at least he is trying. I hope when the inevitable “lol no” comes from the Trump admin that he raises a stink at that point but it’s ok to try as a first step.
These cunts are not worth responding to. They're hell bent on hating. The person you responded to doesn't care. Gates can't win in no matter the situation.
Its the greatest loss we had, lack of empathy and just complete disregard for anyone involved. These people cherish what's happening because it strokes their hate boner.
Gates is moving up my list. Please do more of this
Make no mistake, he does it because it is good business^[Because it opens peoples and countries up for economic cooperation, resource deals etc.], not because Gates is a humanitarian.
He has been at the forefront of the battle against Malaria and HIV for decades. Killing this program is a big deal for him.
Well they hate Gates as much as they hate Soros so i’m betting this will do less than fuck all.
I think it's trump's followers that hate gates, trump likes his money.
My hate goes back to the 90s. I don't know, maybe he actually feels bad about what he was back then and that's the reason for the philanthropy, but he's still got that stigma for me. I still see "embrace, extend, extinguish" written across his face. He's the reason the web stagnated for years when we were all stuck using IE. He's the reason why Linux isn't offered as an OEM OS. And many more.
There is no such thing as billionaire philantropy - if you examine it closely, it's just another scam to avoid paying taxes. Bill Gates is as much a philantropist as I am a billionaire.
Well, thats not true. There is such a thing as philanthropic donations. USAID makes money off poor people with loans. Thats not philanthropic.
Most of these assholes do it for greed reasons, but there is a small slice of rich people who actually do contribute just to help important causes.
Dont throw the baby out with the bath water
Of course there are donations, but that is not the point of the phrase.
There are no philanthropic billionaires, because they would have started giving away their wealth before even getting close to a billion.
All these people do is buying a little peace of mind.
We dont want "development"
We want "reparations"
"Billionaire who profits off of poor people defends org that profits off of poor people"