• @[email protected]
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    57 months ago

    There are a lot of people who don’t know the context. Basically Buffett has been advocating for higher taxes on billionaires for decades, possibly longer than many of his younger critics have been alive.

    He doesn’t donate much money to politicians though. It’s all going to charity. Although, isn’t that a good thing?

    • @FrowingFostek
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      In my opinion, on a macro level, charity is a bandaid solution.

      • @Droggelbecher
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        57 months ago

        Yeah, and it’s also not right that he single handedly gets to decide which charitable projects are worthy of donations and which ones are not. Whether or not he actually makes good choices in donating is beside the point.

    • @GlitchyDigiBun
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      7 months ago

      Careful. The people here don’t take kindly to gray-areas.

      Edit: Thanks for proving my point, Tankies. As reliable as always.

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        What’s the grey area? The capitalist said the quiet part out loud (on purpose) to push the bandaid that is tax reform?

        Cool. We can still use his admission to point out this inherent adversarial relationship between classes and call for the reappropriation of his class’s wealth.

        Dude isn’t an ally. Unless your goal is tax reform. But the goal of any socialist should be to abolish private property and give the proletariat ownership of the means of production.

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        37 months ago

        who, tho? again, nobody is taking this post the way you’re acting they are. what are you talking about?