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I magically make you a billionaire, would you become a philanthropist or would you keep it all to yourself?

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Nov 22, 2025 9:53 AM

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LoveYourSmile said:
I don't understand the point. Romaki was not speaking about giving to the government (the worst thing you can do, really), so it will burn your money on its opex-bubble and come for more. She was speaking about giving people one big thing their government neither can afford nor willing to do. Which is a great good.

In the context of infrastructure that was mentioned, sadly you'll probably still wind up with bloated costs if you have to undergo the same costly procedures the government has to, and I think realistically we'd have to scale down aspirations depending on the country we're talking about. That said, I just wanted to reinforce the idea that being a billionaire, while personally extremely transformative, doesn't mean you're easily able to transform society in radical ways.
Zarutaku said:
Plant breeders have already used inbreeding for a long time to optimize traits, so why not do the same with humans.

You're talking about self polinating plants, no? Doesn't sound like a good model for humans to me!
Zarutaku said:
To win you over to approve of eugenic inbreeding :P

You're not making incest better. You're making eugenics worse!
Nov 22, 2025 10:21 AM

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LoveYourSmile said:
I don't understand the point. Romaki was not speaking about giving to the government (the worst thing you can do, really), so it will burn your money on its opex-bubble and come for more. She was speaking about giving people one big thing their government neither can afford nor willing to do. Which is a great good.

In the context of infrastructure that was mentioned, sadly you'll probably still wind up with bloated costs if you have to undergo the same costly procedures the government has to, and I think realistically we'd have to scale down aspirations depending on the country we're talking about. That said, I just wanted to reinforce the idea that being a billionaire, while personally extremely transformative, doesn't mean you're easily able to transform society in radical ways.
Zarutaku said:
Plant breeders have already used inbreeding for a long time to optimize traits, so why not do the same with humans.

You're talking about self polinating plants, no? Doesn't sound like a good model for humans to me!
Zarutaku said:
To win you over to approve of eugenic inbreeding :P

You're not making incest better. You're making eugenics worse!
@Freshell The future will tell, I'm sure inbreeding has potential to improve human genetics, if done right.
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Nov 23, 2025 1:11 AM

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Many so called billionaire philanthropists just do it for a form of money laundering to avoid paying taxes or for good oublic image to help maintain their profits. I would use it on myself, friends, random strangers, and financing research and financially back some groups.
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Jan 21, 9:25 PM

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I don't know any billionaire who has one billion dollars in the bank. And you better differentiate net worth with bank balance.
BUT, if I were billionaire, would try to reduce inequality in this world a lil bit.
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Jan 21, 11:55 PM

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Knowing I'd probably die before I could spend it all, I would donate some to things I find important. At least, that's what I'd like to tell myself. In actuality, I probably would only spend it on myself and people I know, but I wouldn't be cunty about it like other billionaires. You can fill in the blank about who I mean...
Jan 22, 5:43 AM

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I'd like to spend most of it on my own and my family's lifelong wellbeing, but it'd be nice to help my city somehow with the rest. I'd prefer something substantial like building an orphanage, investing in better healthcare or donating to WOŚP rather than some Mr Beast-type philantropy for the cameras type deal.
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Jan 22, 9:17 AM

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Jan 22, 10:10 AM

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For starters, I wouldn't tell anyone, I'd let people know I'm doing slightly better than normal as a middle class person, never give the impression I have millions let alone billions.

As soon as preparations have been made, I move out of the country I'm in to a better one with a good neighborhood etc.

Now I'm in a position I can buy whatever I want and so I can resume my life without money being a limitation anymore.
Jan 23, 10:12 AM

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I would definitely help my family first, and after I am done with that part, I´d be happy to help out charities I believe in.

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Jan 23, 10:34 AM
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I'll keep it all to myself and my family. Philanthropy is a scam, a sham, a fraud and an ego boost done by narcissistic ppl.

Philanthropist don't do it because they want to help out, they do it because they want their ego stroked by the media & masses, they enjoy the flashes of light from the cameras, the spotlights of the stage.
The frontlines on every newspaper around the Globe, the interviews with Kimmel or that other washout late night host that suffers from TDS.

If they really did care before giving out that $1 Billion Dollar to NGO's that do more harm that good, they wouldn't prance around the globe in their private jet(s). Take their Superyacht for a little spin half way around the Globe, and then leave it there, parked for 7/8 months of the year.

No, I'll do better than that. Give me the money, I'll take the family around the world on vacation and what not, but will take Airlines and fly First Class, we will not have several empty McMansion around the World etc.
Jan 23, 11:00 AM

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A yes, the type of philanthropist that destroys a country and then donates to a small charity that would help <0.0001% of the victims. There are many words to describe them but love humanity, they do not. Provided with such a silly binary choice, I'd rather keep all of them to myself, but that would be boring as I most certainly would not have motivation to go to work on Wednesday if I'm already a billionaire.

That said money given to individuals is wasted most of the time. That's the reason why there are so many tragic lottery winner stories. The only type of wealth that matters is if it's a part of something bigger, otherwise, it's just rotting paper somewhere that will eventually lead to bad life decisions.
Jan 28, 11:19 PM
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Keep it all for myself. Most people only donate to charity to get others to acknowledge the fact that they donated to charity. And only a specific percentage of said donations actually get to the cause, most goes to support the group asking for donations
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Shit, I think I'm spending that money to take down Trump. Set up a military base somewhere. Overthrow the terrorists ruling our country. Build a city that will act as a giant cozy shelter for anyone who wants to escape from ICE.
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Shit, I think I'm spending that money to take down Trump. Set up a military base somewhere. Overthrow the terrorists ruling our country. Build a city that will act as a giant cozy shelter for anyone who wants to escape from ICE.
@Kiyomice If you're the one who founded the Rebel Alliance, can I be the one to throw the gross-looking Palpatine-esque guy down an air shaft?
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@Kiyomice If you're the one who founded the Rebel Alliance, can I be the one to throw the gross-looking Palpatine-esque guy down an air shaft?
@fleurbleue

Palpatine is a great character, don't compare him to Trump. He had a long-term vision, adaptive intelligence, decisiveness, belief in order... and most of all rewarded competence rather than ass-kissing.
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@fleurbleue

Palpatine is a great character, don't compare him to Trump. He had a long-term vision, adaptive intelligence, decisiveness, belief in order... and most of all rewarded competence rather than ass-kissing.
@149597871 I know he's way closer to Jabba the Hutt (a disgusting perverted greedy criminal with no morals) but it's way less tempting to be all over him to yank a chain around his neck while in a bikini.

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