Truth-Out, that purveyor of fake fake news (meaning actual news), has the wonderful article “Saviors” Believe That They Are Better Than the People They Are “Saving”
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, like many charitable funds set up through corporate profits, consists of money “twice-stolen,” according to author Jordan Flaherty. Pictured here is Bill Gates. (Photo: Gabriella Demczuk / The New York Times)
As commendable as charity from billionaires might be, I often wonder if people they are “helping” might have been better off if the helpers hadn’t sucked their billions out of the economy first before returning some of it to the less fortunate.