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If 90s Gates had Twitter, that would have been a sight to see…

People think he’s just a nice guy philanthropist now and forget he got there by being an absolutely ruthless, cutthroat monopolist.

Rockefeller literally had a camp of union organizers machine gunned and hired thugs to set fire to his competitors shipments so maybe he’s not the best example, either.



He is also kind of awful for the medical research world, he has no qualifications to be a massive force in it (with his non-profit) and yet he basically distorts the whole field into having to agree to his terms because it is so difficult to advance in the field if the gates foundation shuns you.




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