To people like this, the number in their bank account is like a scoreboard.

It’s not just that.

Besides the humanitarian work that the gates foundation does do “voluntarily”, money is agency, it is power.

There is very little argument and reason to believe that “people” and “countries” would actually be more responsible in spending it.

If there was a big, motivated, carefully planned social movement that had a solid idea and spending plan, things would be different. And such a group could also force them to give up that money to spend it on these things. But such a movement doesn’t exist.

As it stands, the idea that they would voluntarily give up money is dumb. To do what? Feed the corruption and nepo network in their country, that then will benefit only the people that are just like them, but less rich? That makes no sense.

It has to come from public pressure and equal wealth taxes.