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Bill Gates Answers Questions From Redditors
First time accepted submitter rroman writes "Bill Gates is answering questions on reddit. He talks about the work that is being done by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, about his life and about his opinions on various topics."
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I'll bite.
The elephant in the room in these discussions for me is that no one ever wants to talk about the idea that might be immoral for a society to ever let a single individual get so wealthy in the first place, irrespective of any responsible use of said wealth.
But that's not Gates' fault. Don't hate the player. Hate the game.
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
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