It's said that some, if not most, of Kurzgesagt's videos are influenced more or less by Bill Gate's controversial foundation (in which some said could have influenced Kurzgesagt's stance about climate change and poverty), and that they only disclose their sponsors at the very end of the video unlike most creators who does it at the very start. Here's some videos talking about Kurzgesagt being influenced by billionaires and having a controversial climate change agenda. Video 1 Video 2
Altho their astronomy and ant videos are still quite great, regardless, and they're also transparent about the fact that said science topics are just oversimplified tidbits. But in their other topics about disease and climate change, I presume we could just take them with a grain of salt
Out of all billionaires they could get backed by, Bill Gates (or any of his foundations) should be the least concerning
not really, Mr Microsoft has something of a stake in the production of silicon and the mining of the environment, don't you think?
Silicon is one thing I feel people would not want to lose.
Tell your average redditor that the price of new fartlovelake CPUs are going to increase by 10% because of minor ban on silicon mining.
They will point fingers at something else or say that it is inconsequential.
Problem with climate change is that we either don't buy it because it requires sacrifices from our part or if we beleive it we finger point at others or downplay the role things we like have in it because we don't want to make sacrifices like more expensive tech.
yeah redditors love silicon because of cpus and no other silicon molded product
Are you talking about silicone?
Was Just an example.
Although GPUs would have been better for tech products if made more expensive would drive people up the wall.
But I dunno nvidia and amd are kinda already doing that.
That your average GPU buyer is already up and over the wall.
They meant dildos
I don't care about mandates, silicon and other environmentally destructive products' production will stop, no matter if you gotta step on a few toes to do it
With all due respect, but you only think that because he has invested billions of dollars in pr campaigns to make him look like a good guy
Source to said campaigns? Looks like you're just trying to smear someones name. It's really easy to say someone rich is evil, but I doubt Bill has any evil intentions
Friend, in the US rich people get tax cuts for donating to charity.
Bill Gates created a "charity" under his own name, donated over 20 billion dollars to it, and uses said foundation to associate his name with various good and ethical actions. But:
1.Said actions are taken in the public eye, many times focusing on the most "popular" problems, generating a bunch of good pr.
2.Using lobbying and propaganda to move public opinion on a certain topic.
Now, it's all fine that you agree with the thing he promotes, I agree with basically all that I can think about, the problem is that a billionaire should not have the power to get a tax write-off and then use said tax write-off to manipulate politics and public opinion (even if Bill Gates has used this loophole for "good", there are still hundreds of rich assholes who use it for evil) .
And I will also say that Bill gates had connections to a know paedophile and has a history of sexual harassment.
Op asks source to said pr campaigns
Man provides links to gates's charity foundation (???????)
Redditor trying the reading comprehension challenge; impossible
It’s almost like his charity foundation is his pr campaign
As if 99 percent of redditors are not sitting on their ass in their mother's basement doing nothing to help the world
What does your day-to-day schedule have to do with anything here?
Point is that guy has a charity and other good-willed foundations. You dont. Your jobless ass just sit on your pc all day and think you are doing by saying "billionaire bad"
Okay, gonna ignore the non sequitors and ask and how does that change the fact the Gates charities are pr campaigns? They can be both (mediocre) charities and pr campaigns for the guy; both can be true. You asked for evidence of a pr campaign and it’s been provided to you.
I never once just said “billionaire bad”, that’s all projection from your end (though I do personally believe that billionaires are indeed bad). Frankly, I agree with you that some public good can result from the actions of billionaires, I just think the negative outcomes outweigh the positives.
He has answered to a question about Epstein on Reddit when he made an AMA about a book he released. He's actually on Reddit pretty often and seems pretty open. u/thisisbillgates if you want to check it out.
Yeah, no...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html
You shouldn't believe what he says, the man wouldn't admit to something like this.
Edit: I'm gonna put a small citation since TNYT has a paywall
"In fact, beginning in 2011, Mr. Gates met with Mr. Epstein on numerous occasions — including at least three times at Mr. Epstein’s palatial Manhattan townhouse, and at least once staying late into the night, according to interviews with more than a dozen people familiar with the relationship, as well as documents reviewed by The New York Times."
He said "I never visited any of his islands. I did have meetings where Global Health funding was discussed. In retrospect I regret meeting with him."
Here's how billionaire charity works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cu6EbELZ6I
If you know a rich person's name, they've probably campaigned for better PR at some point
The guy trying to buy a fuck ton of farmland? Nothing to see here.
The dude who owns a private jet company and claims he‘s anti-climate change? We‘re talking about the guy who claims to fight covid yet stops the patent for the vaccine from becoming free? The guy who‘s investing in greenwashing of electric cars? Bill Gates is dystopian, if the fact that he‘s a billionaire wasn‘t proof enough