@Graylight Agreed: But it is a concern to me on a number of levels. First, that assuming them not to be trolls looking for attention (which could well be my error) I actually invest keystrokes responding to such trash. And second, if I am correct, these people cant tell the difference between a school yard argument over who is the best pop star and having a say in electing the leader of a major nation. Its all about them and a tribal response.😷

@whowasthatmaskedman I happened to agree with you, and it's got me thinking if there are wiser areas in the world. We're not interested in doing anything for our own good right now.

@Graylight I live in one. But only on average. We have individuals every bit as squirrel rabid as Texas and Florida Republicans, and as anti vax as some of the tin foil hat brigade. Just way less of them per cubic metre than America and we throw them out of government or sideline them. Not invite them to run things.😷

@BalladOfADeadSoulja None of that happened lmao. Take the tinfoil off.

@QuixoticSoul lol one of those types are you?

@BalladOfADeadSoulja One of the seemingly few who haven’t memed themselves into complete stupor, yes - none of that nonesense happened, snap out of it before it’s too late.

@Northwest I challenge the dickwit who thumbed that down to speak up.

@LordShadowfire Not happening. The downvote is the tool of cowards. 😒

@LordShadowfire And cancer from smoking

@MrBrownstone Are you done being a little shit?

@LordShadowfire Not till you get all the facts out. Not just your narrative

@LordShadowfire I understand, but he could be putting money solely into groups that do nothing for public health and safety. And he’d be clear legally, and still be receiving tax breaks. I’m not sure where the recent conspiracy theories about him have come from. It’s as if when people don’t have any solid “dirt”, they’re happy to make something up.

@bijouxbroussard I agree.

@LordShadowfire
That has nothing to do with it. Microsoft was sued by the government, and the government won. Verdict was announced on April 3, 2000, causing the 7 year bubble buildup to burst. I agree, Microsoft violated anti-trust laws.

At the end though, the decision to break the company down into at least two companies, was not carried out and an eventual settlement was reached.

Earlier in his career, he was asked why he was not too involved in philanthropy, and his answer was that it's a very complex issue, and people make huge mistakes when they simply dump money on the problem. His decision was to extract himself from Microsoft, so he can focus on studying the problem and then executing a plan, that evolved into the Gates Foundation.

The web site has a lot of information: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/

@whowasthatmaskedman I saw a Netflix special about a toilet he invented to be used in places where there were no sewers. It's literally its own sewage processing system. He invented it to solve the problem of third world countries having no sewage systems.

@LordShadowfire The Gates foundation is focused onremoving disease from the Third world. Thats EXACTLY the kind of thing thst holds a society back from developing. Getting the basic necessities of good health. Now I am not worried if this includes his vision of a lower world population. The American Military have been working on that one for decades and no one seems to mind. And I am sure Gates isnt planning to shoot or bomb them.😷

@SirenCalledLuce Lol, that’s certainly true. 😅

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Create a problem to sell you the cure

@RedBaron You have a very hard time answering questions. I’m not dealing with you.

@MrBrownstone And you have an even harder time understanding and comprehending. Funny thing is that you call yourself Mr. Brownstone, but I own three of them, and even a building is smarter than you! 😂😂

@RedBaron It’s the name of a song dumb dumb

@SoulKey Why would he need to compensate for his parents not becoming doctors?

@whowasthatmaskedman Eeeeh it varies. I think he's a lot less of a good guy than people believe he is.

That said he's also not some conspiracy mastermind trying to destroy the human race with vaccines.

@CountScrofula In other words, he's an ordinary guy who figured out charity work can be a moneymaker and also good press.

@LordShadowfire I could go with "Cynical much?" But lets not be churlish and instead reflect on what otehr supposedly rich people might learn that lesson.. 😷

@hunkalove Are you kidding ? He could keep the billions he already has if he were greedy. Even the tax breaks wouldn’t make a difference.

@LordShadowfire How will I ever live with you blocked?

@MrBrownstone I don't know, maybe you could learn how to be a human being?

@LordShadowfire So you are against banning cigarettes. Which causes slow deaths. Got it

@strongbow According to a tabloid so terrible they shut it down.

@LordShadowfire According to that tabloid, Bill would rather the planet’s population grow to 8 billion instead of 9 billion.

Oh no, muh depopulation 🤣

@QuixoticSoul
Admit-tingly, decades ago, he favored spending a lot of money educating people on birth control, and the effects of overpopulation on the planet. But that did not last long. As his foundation did more research, they discovered that when you improve the standard of living of HEALTHY adults, they reproduce less.

So, that became the focus of the foundation. Part of the reason he put more money into Covid than the Trump administration did, or the German government for that matter (talking about the money Moderna and Pfizer received for developing the vaccine).

And there is absolutely no truth to the sterilization through vaccination program. And of course as you mentioned, he was never kicked out of any countries. The opposite is true.