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Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to World News · 1 year ago

Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, says Musk is 'killing' world's poorest children

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Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, says Musk is 'killing' world's poorest children

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Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to World News · 1 year ago
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  • Powderhorn ( Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) 
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    Oh, darn. The kids only get $2 billion. From what I’ve seen, he’s been making good on his pledges so far, solving international health crises and such. I get strong “I done fucked up and need to fix it” vibes from his actions since stepping down as CEO, and we have demonstrable examples.

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      solving international health crises

      if anything, he made them worse by lobbying world governments for more draconian vaccine patents.

      the reason why the first polio vaccine took off was because its creators refused to patent it.

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        I’ll take that with a grain of Salk.

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