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FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months agoStill probably a net positive, though. Hell, he could kill 110 Million people added to every sars-cov-2 death combined and still be net positive.
Comment on Malaria
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months agoStill probably a net positive, though. Hell, he could kill 110 Million people added to every sars-cov-2 death combined and still be net positive.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
That’s one stupid argument backed with made up numbers there
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Covid19 has killed less than 8 Million people total, and you can argue in good faith that Bill Gates would be responsible for some of those deaths by advocating for full commercialization of the vaccine.
Yeah, it’s a lot, but compared to a random estimate from The Guardian of 122 Million lives saved by the Gates Foundation… yeah.
Now, I realize some people would say saving any number of lives wouldn’t justify murder, but anybody who says Bill Gates is anything other than a net positive impact on the world is out of their fucking head.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Some people would say that he has given negative 130 billion, or whatever his net worth is right now
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
I would pay 130 billion to save 122 Million lives. That’s only 1066 USD per life saved. You must be greedy af if you think that’s a bad deal.
That’s not how stocks work. He hasn’t taken 130 Bn USD. Most of his 129.2 Bn net worth is unrealized gains in the form of shares of companies such as Microsoft, meaning when or if it ever becomes income he will likely donate that as well, in fact he has promised to do so on many occasions. To date, Bill has donated 59 Bn USD to charities, the vast majority of his income.