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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg (www.desmog.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/globalpolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And to clarify, he will have taken at least 10 minute to research them before showering them with ill-gotten gains.

He knows who he is supporting. The question for us is, why is he supporting them?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Might simply be because he agrees with the lies and wants to profit from spreading them:

In October 2025, Bill Gates issued a statement about climate change that some described as shocking. He said that climate change does not pose an existential threat to civilization

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's because he thinks the only thing that matters is himself and he won't be there when things go awry.

How the hell can you be that old and still not chill out ffs.