cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28140949
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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There are exceptions. Warren Buffet (as an example) has given away a large fraction of his wealth, and pledged/planned to give 99% of it over his lifetime (he is 94). It's a sane strategy to let his shares appreciate and “maximize” his charity.
For a billionaire, he lives modestly and speaks reasonably. He has a sanely sized house. His kids are getting an inheritance, but not a stupidly large one.
Look, I want to tax the shit out of billionaires too, I just object to blanket labeling any group as mentally ill. You know, like Musk did in OP's post.
You're like the guy in the cafeteria who stands at the far end of the billionaire's table and tell everyone in the cafeteria that the billionaire will donate and give away his sandwiches when he leaves and that he isn't that bad because he only eats a bit of the food and saves the rest because he will give it away soon.
Yeah fuck that. Even if warren buffet lives up to the leftist wet dream of what billionaires should do, we need legislation, and if we don't get it, heads should fucking roll. Billionaires should not exist, full stop. You cannot work that hard, they have not and will not work that hard. Stop thinking like these parasites have any empathy. They will cash you out for 50 cents. Cash them out for far more.
^Not being contrarian but wanna place a bet how damn poorly this is gonna do - no nuance for billionaires (understandable but ears can still be better open than closed)
If he just keeps donating what he's been donating, it will be fine.
Again, he is quite an exception.
Ostensibly a halfway decent exception!
Initially, I believed my prediction mistaken, but now I see as expected: