Politics
How the Rich Avoid Taxes and Gaslight Us When They Donate Billions to Charity
And why we stupidly thank them for it when they do
MacKenzie Scott has now donated 8 billion dollars of her personal wealth to charities. While that act is noble in itself, her estimated wealth increased $23 billion during the same period.
Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife literally can’t give her money away fast enough.
Because she shouldn’t have had that much money in the first place. Neither should her ex-husband have. And neither should the other 717 billionaires in America.
719 people who collectively now own more than 4x the wealth of the bottom half of Americans.
Wealth is Out of Control and Charity is Making it Worse
We’ve now entered the age of philanthrocapitalism, where the world’s richest CEOs, genetic lottery winners, and fake-tanned narcissists all donate vast amounts of money to varying causes.
Causes they get to choose. Causes that may not be charitable at all. Causes that are unknown and often untracked.
Yet in nearly every case, when the mega donations start rolling out, these billionaires receive countless accolades…