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graemep
on Dec 22, 2024
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MacKenzie Scott donates over $2B in 2024 to 199 or...
> If you are lucky to become a billionaire your purpose is to serve humanity and redistribute that wealth to your workers and to society at large.
If that is your purpose in life you are unlikely to become a billionaire in the first place.
snapplebobapple
on Dec 22, 2024
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Serving humanity is compatible wealth redistribution isnt.thats the great thing about free markets, build a better mousetrap and the world bets a path to your door. Do that a few times and you are a billionaire and the world is far better off.
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If that is your purpose in life you are unlikely to become a billionaire in the first place.