Credit where credit is due, Bill Gates has been putting his money where his mouth is for decades now.
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Having borrowed a quest 3 last week I’ve almost pulled trigger on buying one.
The only thing holding me back is.. it’s Meta.
I’m not wishing, I’m voting. Writing submissions and advocating for a fairer system.
All the more reason Ukraine needs our support.
This is helping a democracy resist foreign conquest, not some arbitrary ‘war on terror’.
We can. We’ve just chosen to spend billions on tax cuts that (as always) disproportionately help the upper echelons of wealth in this country.
We could easily fund all of this by simply having a fair tax system. We choose not to.
Our contribution has mostly been assisting in military training, humanitarian aid and giving them some ageing equipment. Last I checked our per capita contribution to Ukraine was lower than even Russian allies like China. We can and should do more.
I agree we should be supporting the Palestinians, but these two stances aren’t mutually exclusive.
We have more than enough to look after our own people AND support democracies fighting for their freedom.
Defending a democracy being invaded by their autocratic neighbour is something I fully support. We should be doing everything in our (limited) power to help.
The issues you've raised are important, but the fix for that isn't abandoning Ukraine, it's a fair and balanced tax system.
"He's got sharp pointed teeth.. He can leap about.. LOOK AT THE BONES!"
Nah, at some point the simulation we live in is going to round down to save computing power.
We declared war on Germany, and the German state that was involved in that conflict no longer exists.
It might be worth a shot trying to get Germany to pay for it, but regardless, we just need to muck in and get it done.
The costs are only 1/2 of a flag referendum. Let's get on it!
The costs of an oil spill isn't just financial..
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We could do so much more, but would we? USAID was just shuttered. There's every chance that money would go into the military industrial complex or something equally unpleasant.
Not defending billionaires as a concept (they shouldn't exist, and most aren't as philanthropic as Bill), but I will acknowledge he's doing a lot of good with his money.