Mastodawn

“Billionaire philanthropist” is an oxymoron. A true philanthropist would never amass that much wealth in the first place.

@dramypsyd And it 's a euphemism for "they started having a conscience".

@janwo A relative of mine who’s Catholic calls it “trying to buy your way into heaven” and that’s not my jam personally but it’s an apt analogy

@dramypsyd @janwo He shouldn't worry so much about super-riches, nor should you.
First, they never thought amassing money was in any way immoral. Second, imagine riches starting to give money away.
They practice philanthrocapitalism, so they're actually earning money from "philanthropy".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthrocapitalism
https://www-wedemain-fr.translate.goog/partager/la-philanthropie-de-bill-gates-alimente-la-machine-capitaliste_a3977-html/?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fr&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Poors won't disappear either, they have selective philanthropy that mainly benefits... riches
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/08/how-philanthropy-benefits-the-super-rich

@dramypsyd @janwo

Yeah! Into capitalist "heaven" where they have to eat money all day and night until they get sucked into a black hole!

@dramypsyd @janwo
"And Jesus said 'give all your money to the poor and follow me.' And the man said 'I can't do that' and left."

@dramypsyd @janwo In the Middle Ages they called it “indulgences” and was one of the reasons for Martin Luther’s protests.