If he were a mature adult, he would actually consider what Gates is saying and course correct. Instead, he will Tweet some insults and look for revenge.

I google searched I story I remembered, there were too many responses, so I posted the results. A vitamin rich peanut butter saved the lives of starving children. That's done now, thanks to Musk.

https://www.google.com/search?q=vitamin+peanut+butter+saves+starving+children&oq=vitamin+peanut+butter+saves+starving+children&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCjEzNTgxajFqMTWoAgywAgHxBdIW5lfIXyQl&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Rightwing conspiracy theory about Bill Gates. Maybe he is combing through old Alex Jones shows...

That was blaming Gates lol

Which makes me wonder if, deep down, he knows there is something wrong with him. But he's not man enough, not human enough, to face his deficits and work on them. He can't evolve, so he wants everyone else to be like him, or die.

has been doing it for years. Can't you live on just a measly $1B and give it away now instead of dolling it out over time?

In 10 years, those kids will no longer be kids, already beyond hope; in 20 will be grown up and too poor to help their own kids.

able to give even more away by 2045. Is that what you're saying?

Sorry, but I maintain Gates has done too little with all he has. No, he is not a Muskrat by any stretch of the imagination but he's no nice guy IMHO. Another "turn of the 19th to 20th Century" baron who gives away his vast fortune far later than he should have.

I dont' defend Bill Gate's personal life, but I won't be silent about his global health initiatives--one which I personally have worked on.

Wonder Why, you are WRONG.

--Word to the wise...

If that were true, Trump, for example, would have spent the past two decades in prison.......along with everyone on Fox New's website.

Perhaps before your time.

If you have no lawyers in your life, maybe you don't take it seriously, but while you can say "you think... " about just about anything and anyone, making false claims, assertions, accusations, can and DOES get you litigation. But, to point to TSF and the RW doing that and not worrying about it, really? Anyone they don't like will be smeared with blatant lies and accusations in a never-ending tirade. Is that what we do? Really? And about Bill Gates' philanthropy? Damn... As I said, he's got some personal issues that are deserving of a call-out, but I'm not about to defend someone misrepresenting (intentionally, apparently-- despite multiple corrections) his support of global health and climate change initiatives dating decades--when few else were.

So, let's be respectful of the owners and not justify our fellow DUers doing so--especially when it is so damned provably WRONG, okay?

and made his fortune in the latter half of the twentieth century.
His credentials as a philanthropist, especially for climate change and health in third world countries, are exceptional.

away his big fortune far too late in life. My opinion. And you disagree. That's nice. Shows we can still differ in opinion and not fight over it.

of the world, and has been for years. Geez, the dude has been giving away his fortune for years, has just pledged to give away ALL his fortune, and this still isn't enough for you?

Every good news thread will inevitably get shit on.

the world for decades--before they were ever divorced. You need to research the work being done--including funding clinical trials on the (mosquito-borne) dengue vaccine (the four serotypes which can cause a fatal hemorrhagic syndrome especially in children) and that is but one example.

How wrong you are. I do love Melinda and she deserves lauding, but, damn...

and he has been giving for years along with his now ex wife.

over that time and he can save twice many.

passing out the money and think how many more they can save!

The poor and downtrodden need money now. If some can be helped enough NOW, their kids will not be the ones who need saving in 20 years.

We disagree and I'm fine with that. Have a nice day.

Taking out 15% a year. Figure I have 8 to 10 years left to live.

But I have to think of my wife, too. I tried to ignore her but even after 53 years, she has a hell of a wallop!

…. away his money and future income on helping people.

Musk’s killing of USAID is in a large part because it helps black people in Africa and he grew up
in apartheid S. Africa and sees them as the enemy.

billions on worthwhile charitable projects. Not the fake charities that Trump and his ilk set up for slush fund money.,

he seems to be succeeding mightily (obviously he won't think I am the one to judge that, but still... )

I am really glad to see him call out Musk. In Gate's accusation, he is absolutely right.

The disease is the insane concentration of wealth he participated in so viciously, and the heartless greed of the oligarchs.

Better late than never? Musk bought himself a presidency.

Gates didn't counter. Imagine if he "fixed" those voting machines instead of Elon.



He has the platform.

Windows boot message: "We have detected a MAGA hat and are issuing a HCF (1) instruction to the CPU."

(1) Halt and Catch Fire

But it's good to see oligarchs fighting each other rather than the rest of us.

mixed feelings here

He's doing it with Trump's blessing. Let's not let Trump off the hook.

They are cold, uncaring, greedy sonsofrepublicanbitches.

The survivors of the extreme poverty will be a pool of people who produce a few terrorists, and the wealthy nations will have it coming.

Bill Gates says what many of us say: Elon Musk, who gloated about feeding USAID into the wood chipper (his phrasing, not mine), is gleefully causing deaths of many of the world's most vulnerable people, including children.

Elon Musk also owes much of his wealth to the taxpayers! And he then bought access to power, which he is now using to harm millions or perhaps billions of people.

Uganda, 1m people not receiving food aid because of us. Just from today's headlines. Every day a new headline of death and destruction. Makes me want to go soak my head.

One can hardly wait for round Two.

To bring up the air pollution around his AI data center. For over a year now the turbines have been spewing out toxic emissions. Naturally there is an older black neighborhood about 2 miles from it. They always locate these things away from white neighborhoods. The people can hardly breathe. The story is on BBC.

Could you please elaborate?

❤️

About the Xai center in Memphis. They’ve got huge turbines running day and night that have no emission regulation on them spewing out NOx by the ton. It is only three miles or less from an older black neighborhood. The residents there are suffering from the toxic affects.
I thought it was the bbc but it’s here.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/24/elon-musk-xai-memphis

The thing we've lost with Trump is that he's so arrogant he surrounds himself with incompetent sycophants.

I could accept having a billionaire president if they were humble enough and smart enough to surround themselves with competent people.

What Trump and Musk have done is mass murder, plain and simple.
They have use their combination of position and wealth to cause immense pain, suffering and death to those people who relied on USAID to survive.
If they succeed in destroying Medicaid, Social Security, and the VA, there will be another round of mass murder here in the United States.

Good for Bill Gates!

It's an evil regime, lacking in what made America truly great, our basic decency and compassion. MAGA is based on resentments, and prejudice. They're the racist, misogynist, homophobic, and xenophobic segment of society. Trump is just a symptom, he became their leader because he legitimized their rage and frustrations. They are the same type of people who in 1930s Germany agreed with the extermination of the Jews. The same types who cheered when gladiators and Christians died in the Roman arenas. In every era there have been people like the MAGA folks.

He's a nut job and a damn fascist.

And the worst has already been done!

And now they look like they're going to nominate a "wellness influencer" to be surgeon general.

Mump.

Musk said empathy was a weakness and acted accordingly.

Bill Gates isn’t perfect, but he will leave a legacy that shows more compassion than anything Elon has ever touched.