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Cory Doctorow · 8w
Even if Peter Singer were no more prone to ethical missteps than you or me, the fact that he is morbidly wealthy means that his ethical blind spots leave behind a trail of wreckage that rivals a *come...
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Billionaires aren't just a danger when they're trying to make money, either. One of the arguments in favor of billionaires is that sometimes, the "good" billionaires take up charitable causes. But even here, billionaires can cause sweeping harm. Take Bill Gates, whose charitable projects include waging war on the public education system, seeking to replace public schools with charter schools.

Gates has no background in education, but he spent millions on this project.

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Cory Doctorow · 8w
He is one of the main reasons that poor communities around the country have been pressured to shutter their public schools and replace them with weakly regulated, extractive charters: https://apnews.com/article/92dc914dd97c487a9b9aa4b006909a8c This was a catastrophe. A single billionaire dilettant...