Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoPeople of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.message-squaremessage-square335fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down1100
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squarePeople of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square335fedilink
minus-squareskookumasfrig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-21 year agoChuck Feeney. He gave away everything to charities. Edit: it was around 8bn.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYeah I still find it hard to digest that someone with a conscience actually made that much money in the first place. I’d love to see how he arrived at this decision, and if he could convince others too.
minus-squarereksas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoSo only good billionaire is someone who is not a billionaire.
minus-squareGuntrigger@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIn a sense, voluntarily choosing to not be a billionaire is the goodest thing a billionaire could do. If they do it right before they die though, that makes it pretty dubious.
Chuck Feeney. He gave away everything to charities.
Edit: it was around 8bn.
Yeah I still find it hard to digest that someone with a conscience actually made that much money in the first place. I’d love to see how he arrived at this decision, and if he could convince others too.
So only good billionaire is someone who is not a billionaire.
In a sense, voluntarily choosing to not be a billionaire is the goodest thing a billionaire could do.
If they do it right before they die though, that makes it pretty dubious.