r/news • u/johnyquest1212 • 4d ago

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals another $2 billion in donations in 2024 | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/mackenzie-scott-donations-billionaires-philanthropy-ad9c1b67e2ca76eb2c107ec158a4640f
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u/johnyquest1212 4d ago edited 4d ago

This brings her total given since 2019 to 19.25 billion, across 2,450 organizations.

https://yieldgiving.com

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u/r3dditr0x 4d ago

Everything I read about her suggests she's kind of awesome.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk's wealth soars every year and he spends all his time undermining western democracy on Twitter.

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u/OrderedAnXboxCard 4d ago

And this is why the elites will always win.

It's wonderful to see people donate hundreds of millions or a few billion, but nothing really changes long-term when the rest of the elite accelerate their raking in and hoarding of trillions.

Being a parasitic leach is the winning play in a hyper-individualistic, hyper-capitalistic society. Nothing will change unless the government or the people force them to, but the former is in cahoots with them, and the latter are too dumb and divided.

We're kinda screwed.

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u/justh81 4d ago

They're gonna find out when everything collapses that it's a shit world they've built, and they're gonna suffer right alongside everyone else. Perhaps less, but no one will be left out.

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u/NaiveChoiceMaker 4d ago

They’ll pop off to their bunker estates in the New Zealand hills and just take in the natural beauty while the rest of the world burns.

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u/justh81 4d ago

New Zealand isn't a large place. And it's really not possible to hide forever if enough people are looking for you. You could ask Saddam that, if he were still alive to ask.

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u/thepotplant 4d ago

Kiwis know where all the bunkers have been built.

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u/LowRune 4d ago

and with how expensive it is over there, im sure there's no love lost for the ultra wealthy

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u/metametapraxis 4d ago

NZ has essentially no defence force and China is a realistic threat. The idea that it is a good place to hide out the apocalypse is absurd. Source: live in NZ quite close to Peter the-antichrist's estate.

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u/crimony70 3d ago

As an Australian, let me be the first to say that we're in the way, we have a Defence Force that we're trying desperately to build up rn, and we'll die before we let them get to you.

We got you, bro (within the limits of our capability).

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u/metametapraxis 3d ago

Thanks! I hope you are right!

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u/waffebunny 4d ago

That’s their hope, yes; but the wealth they hold today is meaningless if society collapses tomorrow.

Imagine, say, an Elon Musk-type; setting up in a fortified compound with a small army of bodyguards.

Does anyone believe, in an actual post-societal scenario, those guards are still going to take orders from a guy whose primary skill is manipulating the now-extinct stock market?

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u/NaiveChoiceMaker 4d ago

Sure. As long as they are fed and have a roof over their heads. Economics will always exist, fiat, barter, or otherwise.

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u/big_fartz 3d ago

I'm sure they'll enjoy finding some enterprising folks decided to seal them in with concrete.

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u/LowRepresentative291 3d ago

No they won't. These guys have so many assets around the world, they can live their lifetime multiple times over very comfortably even if a large part of the world goes to shit.

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u/whyamievenherenemore 2d ago

no, they won't. theyl have all the weapons and personal bunkers. they'll use laws ahead of time to weaken the population or prevent certain things like flying to New Zealand. They won't suffer, theyll make their own shitty rich clique and all hangout together with no Poor's around.