Now is a good time to flood Wikipedia with donations. For the first time in my life, i have just donated to them and will do so again. You can do it too for a minimum of €2, no requirement for recurring donations or any nonsense.
All of the wrong people have money.
Or money turns them into all of the wrong people.
Bullshit. They were born this way mainly because they were born rich.
Why? They’re either born with the money or make the money, but either way the money has turned them into terrible people.
I’d argue that you have to be horrible already to have loads of money. Any reasonably good person would be using their excess wealth for a good cause rather than building ego rockets.
Money = power, and power corrupts. I’m sure there are some people who are horrible before they become wealthy, but I think money (and power) has a way of blunting peoples’ empathy.
Normal people stop exploiting others before they reach having unfathomable amounts of money. So somebody with different values and morals will never have so much money since it is impossible to make such money without being corrupt and a piece of shit
No. Assholes are assholes, and Elon is just an asshole with money.
Compare this man child to a billionaire like Yvon Chouinard, founder of the company Patagonia, and you’ll understand that money doesn’t change good people.
No such thing as a good billionaire. The only variance is how good they are at maintaining their public image.
You mean the guy that straight up lied about giving away his company?
Thanks for the video. That guy seems to go off on a lot of tangents, sets up too many strawman and red herring fallacies. He also doesn’t actually prove that Yvon is somehow evil in a way that’s comparable to Elon, or that he lied about anything.
The only real criticism he had was to say that Yvon is purposely evading taxes and assigns that motive with absolute certainty (red herring).
It sounds to me like Adam has a problem with the system. Hell, he even said that it doesn’t matter if good work is actually being done, because he doesn’t like the idea of billionaires using their money for good. Then he goes on to give an example using Walmart (not an ethical company) and Bill Gate’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein… bizarre how he even went there as a way to disprove what Yvon has done with the company.
I’m not saying that Yvon or Patagonia are perfect. Heck, I don’t give a damn about the CEO of any company, and I think I only own one of their products, so I have no loyalties at all.
But they are a for-profit business (they are very clear about that) who operates under some of the most ethical guidelines available, and they have a multi-decade proven track record of environmental stewardship and human labor practices.
We need more companies like them, even if Adam doesn’t.
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It’s the effects of capitalism. It’s pathocracy.
Downvote Musk spam.
The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.
Sorry i wasn’t in the loop when we decided to stop talking about the town clown. I guess I’ll stop being an idiot now. Thanks for the advice.
We already have Dickopedia elon, it’s called twitter and YOU paid $44 billion for it.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hawikipedia foundation’s financials are solid, stable, and healthy.
how’s twitter doing lately, elon?
wikipedia foundation’s financials are solid, stable, and healthy.
Are they though? They’re asking for money constantly
I mean, donations are their only income so they have to ask but that doesn’t mean they don’t get enough.
They have more than enough money
They have more money then they know what to do with and blow a shitload every year
I checked their reported expenses and couldn’t really find anything they “blow” money on. Their revenue is smaller than a midsize EU football team, and considering the value comparison between the two, that makes me think either we disagree completely, you have extra info that you did not share, or I don’t understand you.
I mean, I’m not sure what they use all that money to develop, but they definitely don’t need all this money to just develop and sustain. Despite activity having hit its peak in the 2000s, spending continues to increase, and extensive feature request and enhancement backlog still stands while developers focus on whatever the foundation’s whim is. Not to mention there’s some controversy over the Tides Foundation.
Well then I’m glad I’ve never given them any
Indicator 9,876,872,820,111 that that fucker has more money than anyone should ever have.
More that it’s a confirmation that having money doesn’t make you a good person.
More evidence to support taxing the fuck out of billionaires. No one needs that much money.
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Take Money.
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Re-Name to Dickipedia.
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Re-Name back to Wikipedia.
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Laugh about Musk.
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Profit.
bold of you to assume elon would pay up
He had to pay up for Twitter, on basically the same joke.
I think purchasing a public company and promising a donation are two different things.
Even better, tell him sure thing, send the money, and then just don’t change it.
- Rename to elonpedia for a day
- Demand the billion dollars
- Find a young attorney to sue pro bono on the grounds that Elon is a dick
- Laugh about the fact musk has to pay attorneys to defend himself in court.
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- Profit.
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I am so, so tired of this tedious man child.
I’m starting to think this guy isn’t very wise about spending his money.
Or just in general.
He doesn’t need to be, that’s the worrying thing…
Guillotine that nazi fuck. Way past time for some French revolution.
Ah rivermonster an
insane andnotupstanding citizen of today’s modern societytotally not a danger to othersI will always proudly be a danger to Nazis and fascists.
Are they really tho it just seems to me like you just really don’t like anyone with a differing opinion after a quick glance through your comments I could be wrong dare I say but after looking through your comments it looks like you think anyone remotely right wing is a big nazis facist boogeyman sure there are some people out there with those beliefs but there generally quite small in numbers
In the US, yes, anybody on the right wing is either a straight-up fascist or comfortable being fascist adjacent, which isn’t much different.
What do you call 9 people hanging out with 1 Nazi?
spoiler
10 Nazis
I don’t believe this to be the case. this is my opinion. but I know. that there are honest. good hardworking people. on both sides. of the political spectrum. Not everything is black and white as well some issues are more complicated than others
I’m not downvoting you bc I respect that’s your opinion. But might I suggest that you investigate how much a billion dollars really is?
This is an old but great place to start:
https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
There is no contribution and work that someone can do to earn that much in a meritocracy. They literally have to have fucked their societies laws and values so much that folks believe that while people are homeless, hungry, fleeing wars, unable to afford healthcare and schooling, etc, that the 2700+ billionaires in the world should be able to have so much that they literally couldn’t spend it all if they tried.
If you believe in a meritocracy, then billionaires should be repugnant. No individual contribution is a billion dollars.
This sounds interesting, I will prehaps look into it m8
Stfu, nazi
Define nazi for me tell me what does the word nazi mean and do this without searching it up I also want you to read my comment again as nothing I’ve said makes me a nazi tankie or any other political extremist
“remotely right wing”. So, Obama?
Isn’t obama apart of the democrats? I dunno I’m not mercian m8 so I’m not too used to mercian politics all I know is there are two main political parties republicans which it’s main ideology is Conservatism and democrats which it’s main ideology is social liberalism obama is left wing I’m fairly certain as he runs with the democrats
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He’s trying to distract from the probe into Tesla’s range. It’s working.
Wait, what?
There’s a federal probe into Tesla lying about their vehicle range. He’s throwing a fit and closing that it could cause great harm to the brand.
That man child has the emotions and humour of a little kid, I swear.
Never donated to Wikipedia before… this shit changed that in a hurry.
Likewise. Jumped at it immediately
Maybe Elon should just donate a billion because he supposedly cares about free information so much?
Oh, but you see, information is really only free if it’s something Musk agrees with.
I offer Elon $1 to change his name to Doge McCumStain. I hope he will accept my generous offer.
I’ll offer him $10. As a measurement of a percentage of my personal wealth I am offering double what Elon is offering.
I challenge elon to give the one billion to me and I will give him back double
He clearly has the level of self-respect required for such a dignified name. And I doubt he’s ever passed up an opportunity to make a quick buck.
