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minus-squareRQG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoMany people say this. However of those who talk the talk, barely any ever walk the walk. However I think if you are born an heir to a billionaire, you’d lack the perspective which might foster selfless philanthropy. I’d like to think that if someone from the working class would randomly get such money they would. But it still seems unlikely.
minus-squareglitchdx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoself preservation isn’t a selfless motive, but if it results in philanthropy then that’s a win.
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoExactly! If billionaires were put in a a position where they need to stop being billionaires and distribute their wealth or else people will kill them, they’d distribute their wealth real fucking fast
Many people say this. However of those who talk the talk, barely any ever walk the walk.
However I think if you are born an heir to a billionaire, you’d lack the perspective which might foster selfless philanthropy.
I’d like to think that if someone from the working class would randomly get such money they would. But it still seems unlikely.
self preservation isn’t a selfless motive, but if it results in philanthropy then that’s a win.
Exactly! If billionaires were put in a a position where they need to stop being billionaires and distribute their wealth or else people will kill them, they’d distribute their wealth real fucking fast