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Bill gates put a lot of effort into making monopolies. He tried to stomp out Linux. And, part of his whole weird philantrophy was trying to circumcise the men of Africa to save them from aids but inadvertanly likely increased the spread of aids which is just one case study in how his foundation can help but also does harmful bananas shit.
Listen to the behind the bastards on him. Warren buffet might get a pass if you squint, but Bill Gates is a bastard.
Edit: I would like to say that "increased the spread of aids" is probably misleading in that I make it sound like the program overall increased AIDS in Africa. That is not true. There is controversial evidence that circumcision may decrease the spread of AIDS. There's controversial evidence that circumcision led the risky behavior in circumcised men who felt they were immune after circumcision. The data, since its an uncontrollable population study, is messy. But, Bills foundation involvent in Africa has had many unintended consequences across the continent that has saves some lives and cost others and no one man should have such strong say on the health policies of an entire continent. Personally, I also feel very strongly no one man should have such strong sway on campaigns which result is mass surgery on the genitals of an entirely different group of men when there are arguably better ways to mitigate disease transmission.
Fifty. MILLION.
The man should literally be made into a saint. "Oooh Linux blah blah" FIFTY FUCKING MILLION LIVES SAVED. The man has far outweighed anything bad he's ever done in his life.
At the same time you could argue that his decisions have affected billions of people on this planet in a negative way and the fifty million lives saved were to whitewash everything else he's done. He's not doing it out of the kindness of his heart, he did it because 1) Melinda told him she'd fuck off if he kept being such a jackass, and 2) As one of the most hated men in the world, he needed to fix his image.
I don't care why he did it, and neither should you. What a ridiculous purity test.
I mean he more or less did it at gunpoint. Do you not remember how hated he used to be? He would've been shot by someone eventually for sure.