Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day 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-square139fedilinkarrow-up1963arrow-down110
arrow-up1953arrow-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-21 day agomessage-square139fedilink
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96arrow-down1·1 day 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-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours 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.
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·19 hours agoBUT THAT WOULD BE COMMUNISM!!1!
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.
Yes, some form of “giving pledge” where the amount was standardized and there was no option to back out. Radical thinking here.
BUT THAT WOULD BE COMMUNISM!!1!