return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agoA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down124file-text
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1external-linkA Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn't 'believe in billionaires'fortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square204linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down12·3 days agoShould have shared the money with the workers who built the company into a $1.6B valuation and worth acquisition.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59arrow-down29·3 days agoJesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoThat’s correct, there’s no way to be the good guy in a system like this. All you can do is try
minus-squareadminofoz@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down4·3 days agoAt the end of the day, stolen wages are still stolen wages.
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·3 days agoLol, i know, right? So many upvotes for the guy above you defending billionaires
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down4·3 days agoJust because he gave it away, doesn’t remove his responsibility for how he “earned” it.
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoI agree, but it doesn’t sound like his choices are bad. There’s a comment further down.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoLook, at least he does not seem to have raped anyone.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoHe didn’t work hard for it, his underpaid employees did. He just sold their hard work and kept the exorbitant profit.
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down17·3 days agoIf anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·3 days agoIn Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·3 days agoOh, for fuck’s sake. I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good. Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is. If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.
Should have shared the money with the workers who built the company into a $1.6B valuation and worth acquisition.
Jesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
That’s correct, there’s no way to be the good guy in a system like this. All you can do is try
At the end of the day, stolen wages are still stolen wages.
Lol, i know, right?
So many upvotes for the guy above you defending billionaires
Just because he gave it away, doesn’t remove his responsibility for how he “earned” it.
I agree, but it doesn’t sound like his choices are bad. There’s a comment further down.
Look, at least he does not seem to have raped anyone.
That’s a low bar.
At least there is a bar
…by working hard for it?
He didn’t work hard for it, his underpaid employees did. He just sold their hard work and kept the exorbitant profit.
duckin’ A
If anything he should have invested it into effecting political change. But that other person is right; it’s never good enough for you.
In Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
I’m not advocating for the system. I’m just suggesting a way the money could do the greatest good.
Money can buy political change. That shouldn’t be true, but it is.
If you’re so hungry for a target to be mad at that you imagine them like this, maybe it’s time to take a little break.