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Quote by: nerdvincent  Guess why I love capitalism. It is legal to get rich by screwing people, some people even call it "earning money". |
If people are willing to give you the money, and, granted, Gates did kind of shape the modern world.
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I don't want to make my tiresome communist propaganda, but if we were living in a commi state (with a direct democracy so the people could decide where the money is going, I'm working on my theory), such amount of money would directly be used for renewable energy or fairytales like that. No need to beg Mr Gates or hope that he will feel generous tomorow.
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How do you know that the people would make the correct decision? They might just vote it into their own pockets and then you wouldn't even get advances in computer technology. No matter how many people are involved, if that much money is at stake, it's going to get corrupted.