Billionaires shouldn’t exist. I'm firmly of the opinion that every one billionaires are coverage failures and their very existence is immoral. That mentioned, if I unintentionally occurred to grow to be a billionaire, I believe I might be fairly good on the complete being-richer-than-God factor. I might chill on my yacht, drink champagne and never give a rattling what anyone considered me.
Actual billionaires aren’t terribly good at that final bit. Sitting on mountains of dubiously gotten beneficial properties doesn't look like sufficient for them. Fairly, a variety of high-profile billionaires appear determined for us plebs to worship them as benevolent “philanthropists”; to grasp that they don't seem to be avoiding taxes and hoarding wealth as a result of they're grasping, no, it’s as a result of they're saving the world. Apparently, it's inconceivable to do that quietly or collaboratively: they're additionally all busy making an attempt to outdo one another loudly in relation to the world-saving.
See as the most recent instance of brash billionaire “benevolence”, the row between Elon Musk and Invoice Gates (who hasn’t let having one of many highest carbon footprints on the earth cease him from turning into a ethical authority on the surroundings) over who's donating more cash to the local weather disaster. The 2 males have been feuding for years now, with Musk accusing Gates of not being severe about preventing the local weather disaster as a result of he shorted Tesla’s inventory. Nevertheless, the battle intensified over the weekend, after Gates knowledgeable a French journalist that he offers “much more cash to local weather change than Elon or anybody else”. So there! Musk responded by tweeting “Sigh” – which was fairly restrained contemplating his historical past of vulgar tweets about Gates.
Think about having that a lot cash and spending your spare time on foolish little feuds. Critically, what's flawed with these individuals? I’m not a psychologist; I can’t reply that. However, I can say that if these guys actually care in regards to the local weather disaster, they need to cease releasing a lot sizzling air and pay extra taxes.
Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist
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