I have a close friend who bought into a "good one" billionaire that supposedly offered college free of charge to poor kids in a bad neighborhood. I asked that friend to pry a bit deeper, and it was revealed to be a performative for-profit grift all along where he was effectively paid for his "philanthropy" and taking money out of one of his pockets and putting it in another.
Jason Hickel (friend of the pod :citations-needed:) talked about how he used to work for a charity in Africa that had poverty alleviation as one of it's goals, and how they would analyze why they weren't making any difference in that regard.
Turns out they couldn't do anything about poverty without getting "political", which the leadership didn't want as that would make them controversial and then the donations would stop coming. Better to stick with what gets them paid.
"A guy I never met is a cool guy because he did the thing that... even if met my hopes and dreams still just perpetuates the capitalist control ala the New Deal in the US."
The Patagonia story was a great way to see which online 'leftists' ended up showing their whole asses rushing to slobber over a 'good' billionaire.
I have a close friend who bought into a "good one" billionaire that supposedly offered college free of charge to poor kids in a bad neighborhood. I asked that friend to pry a bit deeper, and it was revealed to be a performative for-profit grift all along where he was effectively paid for his "philanthropy" and taking money out of one of his pockets and putting it in another.
Jason Hickel (friend of the pod :citations-needed:) talked about how he used to work for a charity in Africa that had poverty alleviation as one of it's goals, and how they would analyze why they weren't making any difference in that regard.
Turns out they couldn't do anything about poverty without getting "political", which the leadership didn't want as that would make them controversial and then the donations would stop coming. Better to stick with what gets them paid.
:garf-troll: YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE
"A guy I never met is a cool guy because he did the thing that... even if met my hopes and dreams still just perpetuates the capitalist control ala the New Deal in the US."