Oh, and as for Bill Gates... (Reply #47)

In the discussion thread: Why do we tolerate mega-wealth? [View all]

Response to markpkessinger (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 11:29 AM

47. Oh, and as for Bill Gates...

He's just another Carnegie and Rockefeller. No one gets that disgustingly rich without fucking people over both on their way and to remain on top (it's a contest). Each turned philanthropic. Douchebags often turn philanthropic. Why you show so much reverence for Bill Gates should be the title of your next thread: "Why do we glorify douchebags once they turn philanthropic?"

Philanthropists love to stick their name on everything.

Here's The Gates Center at, fittingly, Carnegie-Mellon University.

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68 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why do we tolerate mega-wealth? [View all]	markpkessinger	Mar 2014	OP
Social conditioning in regards to capitalism and the American identity.	go west young man	Mar 2014	#1
Tolerate?	yeoman6987	Mar 2014	#27
Good point.	go west young man	Mar 2014	#38
But we didnt' used to "allow" it. The tax rate was very high on the wealthy	mountain grammy	Mar 2014	#42
I was going to say because of capitalism deeply embedded into American identity,	LWolf	Mar 2014	#52
I'm the same way..	go west young man	Mar 2014	#64
Yes.	LWolf	Mar 2014	#68
The simple truth is always amazingly elegant.	Fridays Child	Mar 2014	#2
I should probably check with him on that, but . . .	markpkessinger	Mar 2014	#4
If you ask him, let us know.	Fridays Child	Mar 2014	#5
Because enough of us think we'll have that much wealth "someday" to carry it on	Recursion	Mar 2014	#3
Because freedom, of course...	Wounded Bear	Mar 2014	#6
It's a good article	newdemocrat999	Mar 2014	#7
i guess we are very good at tolerating other people's poverty	srican69	Mar 2014	#10
Because command economies go catastrophically wrong.	Donald Ian Rankin	Mar 2014	#8
Seriously?	markpkessinger	Mar 2014	#15
Sure. It's even called "the Third Way" because of that	Recursion	Mar 2014	#17
That would seem to be the route . . .	markpkessinger	Mar 2014	#19
Welcome to the Post-Scarcity Economy	Recursion	Mar 2014	#20
Show us Third Way links	Enthusiast	Mar 2014	#21
Sure. Yglesias was the clearest writer on it.	Recursion	Mar 2014	#22
Try as I might, I could find nothing where Yglesias refers to Third Way.	Enthusiast	Mar 2014	#29
News flash: actual politicians are as disappointing to third way activists as they are to liberal	Recursion	Mar 2014	#33
Corporate economics are much more complex than that	joeglow3	Mar 2014	#36
Oh, really? Bullshit!	Enthusiast	Mar 2014	#50
I say this as a CPA who works in the tax department of a Fortune 500 company	joeglow3	Mar 2014	#55
BFD. The truth remains the truth.	Enthusiast	Mar 2014	#56
The truth as you make it up.	joeglow3	Mar 2014	#57
US corporate taxes are too low!	Enthusiast	Mar 2014	#62
You did not answer my questions	joeglow3	Mar 2014	#63
I do. He doesn't.	Donald Ian Rankin	Mar 2014	#51
based on Corporate finance 101..	srican69	Mar 2014	#9
Meh. Viable 3D printers are a decade away at most.	Recursion	Mar 2014	#24
sorry I totally missed your point .. What has 3D printers got to do with anything? unless	srican69	Mar 2014	#45
I think we're slowly awakening to how ridiculous it is.	reformist2	Mar 2014	#11
k&r n/t	RainDog	Mar 2014	#12
It's a shell game...	ReRe	Mar 2014	#13
We have a real large percentage of ass-kissers in our population!	dmosh42	Mar 2014	#14
Because we are going to be rich ourselves one day	treestar	Mar 2014	#16
Part of it is that	marions ghost	Mar 2014	#18
this.	PowerToThePeople	Mar 2014	#41
Good observation, marion's ghost. (nt)	Kurovski	Mar 2014	#60
Answer is partly in the thread immediately above this in the Greatest page	n2doc	Mar 2014	#23
Yeah, why does JK Rowling have to keep writing books?	Nye Bevan	Mar 2014	#25
Not really the point now, is it?	WinkyDink	Mar 2014	#28
The subject of the thread is "tolerating mega-wealth".	Nye Bevan	Mar 2014	#30
Don't bash the insanely rich because they use their tax cuts wisely...	Larry Ogg	Mar 2014	#26
greed + fig leaf = incredibly persuasive argument	unblock	Mar 2014	#31
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us	cantbeserious	Mar 2014	#32
"viewed as shameful to be wallowing"	moondust	Mar 2014	#34
Why do you have to use terms like "fatso"	joeglow3	Mar 2014	#35
I didn't use it . . .	markpkessinger	Mar 2014	#37
So, why re-post stuff with such disparaging comments?	joeglow3	Mar 2014	#39
Because I think we're all adults here . . .	markpkessinger	Mar 2014	#48
I don't mind that people get mega wealthy	LittleBlue	Mar 2014	#40
John Calvin	steve2470	Mar 2014	#43
This	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2014	#44
Because we're still dumb enough to equate wealth with virtue...	Orsino	Mar 2014	#46
that was my point exactly, nailed it nt	steve2470	Mar 2014	#67
Oh, and as for Bill Gates...	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2014	#47
And, the Bill Gates Foundation is trying to dismantle public education...	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2014	#49
Same question in shorter version...	Bigmack	Mar 2014	#53
I like that.	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2014	#54
Can't find a better alternative.	One_Life_To_Give	Mar 2014	#58
Some wealthy are hoarders. It's a sickness. (Not joking here)	Kurovski	Mar 2014	#59
Absolutely it is an illness--an addictive illness	marions ghost	Mar 2014	#61
Thank you!	Kurovski	Mar 2014	#65
There was this at the end of the article:	Kurovski	Mar 2014	#66

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