Not too bad, I am honestly rather surprised! Although I do have to wonder what percentage of their wealth this sum is. Compared to a prole donating a hundred bucks while on minimum wage
Even if Oprah had donated this amount singlehandedly, it would have been 0.4% of her net worth of $2.5 billion.
The problem I have with the meme is not just that the donation is a measly sum that did not require any courage from them whatsoever, it's also the fact Hawaii's problems are in part because of global warming and in part directly because the USA wants to genocide its natives and turn it into resort islands for crackers. Disasters like these attract the worst of wealthy like vultures. You get people like these two who use the victims to boost their PR ratings and vulture capitalists looking to buy disaster-struck land for cheap. Meanwhile the US state continues to treat Hawaiians as third class citizens.
According to NYTimes they have donated a combined 10 mil. USD.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/us/oprah-dwayne-johnson-maui-fires-relief.html
Not too bad, I am honestly rather surprised! Although I do have to wonder what percentage of their wealth this sum is. Compared to a prole donating a hundred bucks while on minimum wage
Even if Oprah had donated this amount singlehandedly, it would have been 0.4% of her net worth of $2.5 billion.
The problem I have with the meme is not just that the donation is a measly sum that did not require any courage from them whatsoever, it's also the fact Hawaii's problems are in part because of global warming and in part directly because the USA wants to genocide its natives and turn it into resort islands for crackers. Disasters like these attract the worst of wealthy like vultures. You get people like these two who use the victims to boost their PR ratings and vulture capitalists looking to buy disaster-struck land for cheap. Meanwhile the US state continues to treat Hawaiians as third class citizens.