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   root42 (root42@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 19:55:14 JST root42

   While I disagree with his business ethics and his stance on software, I must say that Bill Gates is pretty reflected on his own life and how he got where he is.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 19:55:12 JST Rich Felker

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     @root42 Or he's good at saying what shitlibs want to hear to classify him as one of the "good billionaires" while he behaves in ways that show no reflection on that...

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 21:40:49 JST Rich Felker

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     @root42 I'm confused what you mean by that. What I'm saying is that you read the words of people who have demonstrated themselves to be authentic to what they say rather than using nice words to launder the bad things they do.

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     root42 (root42@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 21:40:51 JST root42

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias if we assume that I can just stop reading books altogether.

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     i.grok (igrok@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 22:18:14 JST i.grok

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias @root42 or at the very least, you can't believe everything you read uncritically

     Doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't read it

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 22:19:21 JST Rich Felker

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     • i.grok

     @igrok @root42 Yeah that too. It's fine to read it to *understand his strategy for presenting himself and his patriarchal vision for how the world is run*.