I think it would be pretty naive to think the US government would spend it any better.

Right but when he’s dead it will go to charity and hopefully to far better use than giving it to the US government to waste on interest payments and military spending.

Gates is leaving 1% of his wealth to his kids. Rest goes to the causes you mentioned.

Absolutely, I just disagree with hating on some collective group instead of trying to fix the issues we have in our societies together.

I get your point but I don’t think that’s equates to being a bad person. At least the two folks I mentioned as examples are doing major philanthropy with their funds and I don’t think not earning the money is a bit different than just straight up calling them parasites. It’s a systemic issue that we as a society need to work on together rather than all the hate and division that has driven a lot of countries to populism.

I’m wondering what makes you think that becoming rich automatically makes you a parasite. No doubt many are, but even as a Linux user it’s hard to see for example Bill Gates as a parasite. Or Warren Buffett for that matter, despite his flaws.

Are you serious? Do you not understand the concept that you can be an employee today and business owner tomorrow? How do you not understand the irony that suddenly once you start your own business you’re an exploitative devil and as long as you stay as an employee you’re somehow a better person? Don’t you realize what moronic baiting that is? Humanity never learns from populists it seems, whether it’s Trump or Lenin, it’s all the same.

Well don’t you think it’s a bit simple to pin every single problem in the world on property rights and a conspiracy theory level class divide between proletariats and “bourgeoisie”? It’s ann exhausting ordeal to hear all these complaints when humanity has never been at a more advanced point than it is now despite all its flaws.

What are you on about with “red scare”? You can simply look at the poor attempts made in the name of communism to see how well that idea succeeds in practice. Simple solutions to complex issues never work. Communism is an extreme ideology based on the oversimplification of complex like every other form of populism.

I don’t get why every Reddit alternative needs to be filled with these weird political ideas. Communism, Fascism and every other form of extremism only leads to misery.

I’m sure capitalism is flawed, but you can make it work better. Any of the Nordic countries works as a great example. And no they aren’t perfect but nothing ever will be.