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Last Tuesday, as the strongest Atlantic storm in 90 years slammed the western coast of Jamaica with 185-mph winds, Bill Gates was downplaying climate change.

The billionaire does not appear to have publicly addressed the disaster in Jamaica, which extended throughout the Caribbean, with Melissa having killed dozens across Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. And his overall point, frankly, does not hold up to scrutiny.

Gates isn’t alone; climate change has slipped down the world’s priority list in the past few years—and it shows. Governments and corporations are shelving emissions goals, budgets are being redirected from climate initiatives to warfare, the media is pivoting away from climate journalism, and even activists are urging a softer, more “hopeful” tone. It all signals a vibe shift in how we talk about climate change, reframing it from the existential risk it actually poses to a less urgent, peripheral issue—even as the floodwaters reach our front doors.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 143 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why respectfully? Who has Bill Gates shown actual respect for?

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 110 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 51 points 2 weeks ago

ok good point

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. Shut the fuck up, Bill.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Epstein, from who melinda seperated from when she found out. his "current entrepuenership, was nothing more than money laundering and reinventing his own image from his MS ceo/epstein days, he did not charity by accident/genuine. plus he was criticized for his "vaccine colonialism" during covid by african countries.

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[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 77 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gates does not need to “shut up”. He needs to testify as to what his relationship is with Epstein.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Quiet, you fool! Don't antagonize him. You think all that Windows AI is out there for our benefit? Oh no, it's there for Bill to press the button and blue screen the world. And don't tell me Linux users are safe; that's what the assassination squads are for.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 54 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Respectfully, Bill Gates is complicit in genocide and should be investigated for his connections with Epstein.

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Fact Check: List of claims about Bill Gates includes falsities

Not to defend the guy but there are enough real skeletons in his closet. We don't need to spread misinformation.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Nah, not respectfully, bill Gates is a piece of shit who has spent millions in charities to pretend he's a nice guy.

I too can pretend to be really nice by slamming millions around even though I have acted like a shit stain before.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago

i once tried to question him when he did an AMA like a decade ago, the mods/filters dint allow it though,specifically about him money laundering.

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[–] cycadophyta@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fuck Bill. Let's throw him in the volcano with the other elites

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's wasteful. Pit them against each other in death matches.

[–] cycadophyta@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

We WILL have the Zuck vs Elon match after all

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I LIKE THIS IDEA

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe there is hope for a world where being rich doesn't mean you are assumed to be wise and all knowing and should be consulted on everything.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean… looking at people like Neil deGrasse Tyson, you don’t need to be super rich for people to give your intelligence too much credit.

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He's definitely a very smart man, in his field, but yeah that doesn't translate to having the answers to everything or even having common sense sometimes.

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[–] Poayjay@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember when he did an AMA on Reddit and every comment about his Epstein connection was instantly buried.

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

~~Respectfully~~, Bill Gates Needs to Shut Up

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 week ago

~~Respectfully~~, Bill Gates Needs to Shut the Fuck Up

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

High-school dropout nepo-baby Bill Gates? That one?

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The guy that stole IBMs UI setup and made Windows?

[–] gahedros@lemmy.today 19 points 1 week ago
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

TBF, he dropped out of Harvard.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago

But what about my good billionaire? :( /s

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 17 points 2 weeks ago

He never should have spoken on the first place.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 17 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe he should stop raping children, aiding genocide and supporting climate deniers instead of treating philanthropy like a pre-reformation nobleman buying indulgences to get into heaven?

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't ask whether it's distraction from Epstein list, ask whether everything bad is distraction from climate change and wealth inequality.

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gates often gets a pass because he gives away a lot of money and "advocates" for a wealth tax. But he's still a billionaire and still hoards more resources and power than any single person could ethically possess.

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Might I add, also disrespectfully.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

No respect needed.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He should only take advice from Balmer. And to be clear, the cocaine Balmer.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

Forcefully.
Permanently.
Respectfully? Don't care.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Ladies and gentlemen and others, this is what they call "the good billionaire"!

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

He can blather as mich as he wants, stop giving the douche air time or column inches ffs.

[–] setnof@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That guy that told me to sell my GameStop shares and that investing in that company is gambling? Yeah just shut the fuck up already!

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bill Gates now openly towing the WEF propaganda line which KurzGesagt produced for him earlier. This is so expected.

To understand the situation see https://youtu.be/ZRPcyWNfgxo

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

~~Donny~~ Billy, you’re out of your element!

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I wish someone could just start removing problems for us.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Why do subscription billionaires think they automatically become "professionals" of societal progress?

[–] Matt3999@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Release the Epstein files and all will be revealed

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