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The billionaires made a promise -- now some want out

https://sh.itjust.works/post/56887466

The billionaires made a promise -- now some want out - sh.itjust.works

> The Giving Pledge’s numbers, reported Sunday by the New York Times, trace a steady decline. In its first five years, 113 families signed the Pledge. Then 72 over the next five, 43 in the five after that, and just four in all of 2024. The roster includes Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and Elon Musk — some of the most powerful people in the world, and yet, in Peter Thiel’s words to the Times, it is a club that’s “really run out of energy . . .I don’t know if the branding is outright negative,” Thiel told the outlet, “but it feels way less important for people to join.”

Mar 16 at 8:22amWeb
Show threadCharlesDarwin4d ago
This article seems to take a freak piece of shit like Thiel at face value, without any mention of just what a crazy figure he is.
Show threadorbitz4d ago

Yeah since he has the vp of the US in his pocket you can’t take anything he says as an improvement.

Wonder what living room furniture the vp has due to Thiel. Heh. Yes I know not real but still fun to poke fun at, cause in these times little else is left.

Also not American so can’t have any sway with what happens except say what a horrible administration they allow to continue.

Show threadBarneyPiccolo4d ago

he has the vp of the US in his pocket

On a leash.

Show threaddylanmorgan4d ago
Philanthropy from the wealthy is already a way for them to whitewash their image and stave off torches and pitchforks. Charity is premised on the idea that the system is fine, but some people just need help sometimes, rather than acknowledging that the system is wrong and needs to be fundamentally changed. So fuck it, let them show their utter lack of real concern for everyone other than themselves to the world, and learn that they’re not superhuman the hard way.
Show threadBarneyPiccolo4d ago

a club that’s “really run out of energy . . .I don’t know if the branding is outright negative,” Thiel told the outlet, “but it feels way less important for people to join.”

That’s fine, we’ll just take it all, whether you like it or not. If it comes to that, it probably won’t be a pleasant experience for you, and you will most certainly wish you had been more generous up front.