America's richest people are not its most generous

[applegrove]

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If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...

— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) 2026-02-16T18:06:39.556Z

Applegrove: I wonder if this least generous bunch of tech bros are so stingy because they actively don't want the poor or the middle class to thrive lest the poor and middle class notice the horrid inequality and fight to change things. If you are burdened by poverty, struggle, illness and death you can't very well fight back. So no charity for you. Total class warfare.

— Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social) 2026-02-16T18:05:14.065Z

[questionseverything]

1. Warren buffet stands out as the lone decent human being in the bunch

[LSparkle]

2. Bill Gates isn't listed and I'm curious about him

Didn’t he sign (or even create?) the “giving pledge” aiming to give away his fortune?

[applegrove]

3. Yes he did. I wondered why he was left off the list.

[questionseverything]

4. His ex wife is busy giving her half away

He spends his half on big boats that continue to pollute even when he isn’t using it

[OC375]

5. That individuals even possess billions to give away is a crime itself

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. I still hate rich people

They parasite off of everything and everyone who is not rich. The rich created the need for class war. Because they are loathe to share, give, donate or give away. If they do give anything it comes with strings that end up giving them control over the money they”gave”to others. The rich as a class in general are degenerate

[Intractable]

7. If it's any consolation to you, I think a lot of them hate themselves, and most certainly each other!