JK isn't kidding. damn.
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Or you could pay off people's mortgages, let people stay in your penthouse when they have serious troubles, give money to causes and/or charities in which you believe, or even something like buying a social media company to restore free speech. There are a couple of people we are interested in that fit that bill.
Money isn't necessarily evil. It is how you use it that is evil.
That's the point... The issue is that the money is corrupting and what you're describing do with it is a fairy tail.
It would be nice if people worked that way but man is corruptible.
Find me the billionaire philanthropist who lives in austerity and gives everything in excess to charity.
Then tell me what he is attoning for.
We don't live in a world of saints, we live in a world of men.
True philanthropy does not seek attention. A great deal of the good deeds in this world go unreported.
I'm talking about mega money and corrupting men, I'm not tlaking about sunday lottery money. When those people move money, the world feels it. I'm not talking about everyday things done by everyday people.
Most people never encounter enough money to actually challenge their morality.
Yes there are plenty who don't advertise it and don't slap their names onto foundations. Keanu Reeves is an example that comes to mind.
Fairy tale? Anon u/dec3169 is describing what Donald Trump has done - just some of the good he's done!
https://townhall.com/columnists/lizcrokin/2016/07/10/trump-does-the-unthinkable-n2190160
Your contention that every person who works hard to earn their wealth should give it all away, that they all have dark secrets they should atone for is not only radical but unreasonable and simplistic. Had DJT not been so successful he never would have been able to position himself to make such a significant impact for the good of humanity.
If it were true that everyone who earns wealth turns to the dark side (corruption) humanity would have been wiped out long ago. Money/power will corrupt many men, but certainly not all. It's beholden upon us to be discerning about a man's character irrespective of his wealth.
And then how is wealth determined? Are we talking Elon Musk rich? How about tens of billions? Hundreds of millions, tens of millions, a few million? You can buy a modest house with cash if you had $2.5 million in the bank. You could buy an island with $100 million in the bank. Then if you start helping people financially, where would it end? Could you handle being called a cruel person because you stop handing out money? There's way too much here, and if wealth falls in to your lap a la Beverly Hillbillies, what can corrupt you?
Good points. Blanket statements about how "wealthy" people are bad are usually indicative of a socialist mindset.