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Seth MacFarlane Donates $1 Million to Entertainment Community Fund to Support Film and Television Workers During Strikes (variety.com)

submitted 2 years ago by StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website to c/quarks@startrek.website

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Seth MacFarlane donated $1 million to The Entertainment Community Fund to help provide financial assistance for industry workers during the strikes.

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[–] Currens_felis@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I like it when rich people do good things

[–] Retiring@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Never forget:

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

While I agree with what this is saying, I’m not sure Seth MacFarlane is who the “Rich” is in this story.

[–] Smallletter@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Productive rich people like creatives are not the problem unless they do problematic things. Billionaires are always a problem and are exploitative by their very nature.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

Yep. You can get rich by being productive and lucky. You can't become a billionaire without exploitation.

[–] dipbeneaththelasers@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Same. I wish we had the infrastructure and protections to not need them to though.

[–] thunderclap@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

More of the A-listers should do this.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tom Hanks surely has a few mil in between the couch cushions.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hanks probably has to support Chet, that's charity enough.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Forgot about that. You're right.

[–] Sammy@geddit.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

MFW* chet hanks 😔

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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

The article notes some others.

[–] onionbaggage@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

And that's why Seth has no trouble finding work.

[+] downpunxx@kbin.social -12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Seth McFarlane is worth between 200 and 300 million dollars, he could've kicked in 10

[–] zaph@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Being worth a dollar amount doesn't mean you have that amount sitting in a bank account waiting for you to use it. I'm all for hating on the rich but you could at least educate yourself first.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Only a person who actually believes those net worth figures is stupid enough to say something like that.

[–] eltimablo@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

People like you will never be happy with anything. If he'd kicked in 50 million you would say he should give away his whole net worth. If he'd given his whole net worth, you'd say he should have sold his family into slavery to give twice that.

You and those like you are the reason people don't help each other out more. Nothing is ever good enough for you entitled little shits.

@downpunxx your downvote makes it way too obvious that you know I'm right.

[–] jerome@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Awe c'mon.