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Who are some people in powerful positions or 1%ers that are genuinely good people? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Good as far as we know until they get Cosby'd

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[–] bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

• That's good for climate change?

• He has unimaginable influence. Doesn't the change he makes outweight his mega yacht? (Yes I now how ridiculously expensive these monster ships are) I doubt he is only committing to netto his yacht.

• Oh you know him well, could you make a meeting happen? I have an idea

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

How is that good for climate change?
Nobody listens to this guy. Have you been recycling just cuz Gates told you to? Also these kinds of yachts pollute so much with a single trip that it outweighs any good that he could have done by convincing millions to save electricity or water.
I don't need to know him well. It's not rocket science.