return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year 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-square200linkfedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down123file-text
arrow-up11.04Karrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square200linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down11·1 year 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-down29·1 year agoJesus Christ, it’s never good enough for you, why even bother trying.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down4·1 year agoJust because he gave it away, doesn’t remove his responsibility for how he “earned” it.
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI agree, but it doesn’t sound like his choices are bad. There’s a comment further down.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoLook, at least he does not seem to have raped anyone.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHe didn’t work hard for it, his underpaid employees did. He just sold their hard work and kept the exorbitant profit.
minus-squareadminofoz@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down4·1 year agoAt the end of the day, stolen wages are still stolen wages.
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoLol, i know, right? So many upvotes for the guy above you defending billionaires
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThat’s correct, there’s no way to be the good guy in a system like this. All you can do is try
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down17·1 year 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-down2·1 year agoIn Russia that’s an oligarchy. Yet here you are advocating it?
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year 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.
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.
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
That’s correct, there’s no way to be the good guy in a system like this. All you can do is try
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.