Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agoBill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealthfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1external-linkBill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealthfortune.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111arrow-down1·9 days agoNow imagine if there was some way a government could take a percentage of that and put it towards improving society as a whole. Oh well, guess we’re fucked.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agostop stop i’m already hard
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days ago Now imagine if there was some way a government could take a percentage of that and put it towards improving society as a whole. Yes, some form of “giving pledge” where the amount was standardized and there was no option to back out. Radical thinking here.
Now imagine if there was some way a government could take a percentage of that and put it towards improving society as a whole.
Oh well, guess we’re fucked.
BUT THAT WOULD BE COMMUNISM!!1!
stop stop i’m already hard
Yes, some form of “giving pledge” where the amount was standardized and there was no option to back out. Radical thinking here.