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Why There's No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire

Adam Conover · 2.7M views · 2022-10-13 · 20:29

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Adam Conover argues that billionaire philanthropy is harmful, using examples like Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard. He says we should stop accepting the myths about benevolent billionaires.

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HN uses it in threads about wealth and charity, either as support for the view that no billionaire is benevolent or as a contested counterpoint.

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agentultra · 2022-12 · Recommendation

There are no such things as benevolent billionaires. There’s a problem with a society that enables billionaires to exist at all. It shouldn’t even be possible but we’re here for a lot of reasons. [VIDEO]

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blktiger · 2023-06 · Reference

Adam Connover has a video that pretty directly contradicts this assertion. I'm sure the truth is somewhere in-between. [VIDEO]

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forkerenok · 2023-03 · Reference

> why the ultra rich, once they've cashed out, create foundations that hand out grants? Not qualified to say whether this is exactly the case here, but I think this video about charities/funds as power-wielding vehicles bears some relevance: [VIDEO] Disclaimer: not a big fan of the delivery style in the video.

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