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Why There's No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire

Adam Conover · commentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Adam Conover argues that billionaire philanthropy is harmful, using examples like Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard. He says we should stop accepting the myths about benevolent billionaires.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it in threads about wealth and charity, either as support for the view that no billionaire is benevolent or as a contested counterpoint.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “There are no such things as benevolent billionaires.”

    Argues no billionaire can be benevolent.

    agentultra, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “Two Executives in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Plead Guilty to Fraud”

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Topics: billionaires, philanthropy, patagonia, capitalism, adam conover

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