I've always hated the guy. Almost as overrated as Musk, if not quite as fraudulent. How Micro$oft manages to achieve so little despite having so many resources will forever be beyond me.
JFC Mr. Gates. I can only hope that's a misquote. Otherwise, I'm back to the phrase "I don't know how someone so smart can be so dumb." I also really hope he's not sucking up. It's not a good look.
the rapist felon who operates at a 3rd grade reading level and is openly planning to build internment camps "was energized and looking forward to helping to drive innovation"
I'm super interested to read unclassified docs in 30 years on what (if anything) the military and intelligence communities did to steel their Intel systems to a known criminal sociopath
The level of dragon sickness to justify fellating an open fascist just so you'll add even more bundles of cash to a pile of money already too large to spend over the course of multiple generations is absolutely insane. It's never enough for them
wiki: „Lomborg believes that climate change is occurring and humans are responsible, but disputes that the effects and economic impacts will be negative. He argues that finances should be spent elsewhere, rather than on mitigation.“ ew
"But I was impressed about how excited he was about the issues I brought up."
But no mention of shit hole countries, Bill?
Trump knows how to talk to Gates and he knows how to talk to his base. For his base, it's shithole countries. For Gates, it's being excited about eradicating polio in Africa.
Someone should investigate if there is a medical correlation with loss of brain function and an increase in immoral behavior after your personal income passes the $1,000,000,000 mark. Seems to be afflicting billionaires right and left in this country.
and then they get sidelined. they all think they‘re in control, or at least safe. trump lets them believe it. but he also just released his bloodthirsty henchmen from prison to beat, or shoot, anyone into submission
One thing I know for certain about the next four years is my already frequent use of the phrase, “ For Fucks sake” is going to hit unprecedented levels.
Dear Lord, I knew he sucked, but that much? Or maybe he just had REALLY low expectations. If I had dinner with the oompa loompa i'd be frankly impressed if he could use a knife and fork properly
What a disappointment. Was hoping for at least one sane tech mogul. 🥲
Bill, the only thing impressive about THE FELON is WHAT A DISGUSTING PIECE OF GARBAGE THAT FELON IS. You’ll be sorry you’re kowtowing to that fuckturd.
Bill Gates famously despises stupid people and is known for making really smart people feel stupid. In short, he’s a savant who also happens to be a raging jerk.
So you know this is major ass kissing because if he were an employee, BillG would have lit Trump up the point of tears.
What’s the point of being worth more than Ramses if you gotta do this shit? I know he’s probably worried about his foundation, philanthropic initiatives, and personal holdings. But dude, fucking fight. They already hate you, go full Soros.
The shameless about-faces these losers will soon be doing when the convicted felon, fraudster, and adjudicated rapist's poll numbers are again in the toilet will be extraordinary to behold.
Lol. Most of you forgot how generally shitty this dude was while running Microsoftshit… He gets a pass as an object of loonie antivaxx ,tin foil crew. Other than that he always was shithead. They share Epstein …
So impressive that he had to explain to Trump that if you stop giving the polio vaccine, it could have a resurgence. If they had left Trump's name out of the article, I would've had no problem assuming Gates was talking about a dinner he had with kindergarteners.
Gates is waaaaaay smarter than Trump and is playing him. Gates has done some amazing things and he'll play Trump to promote alternative energy, health improvements. Trump is as easily played as the brainwashed cult and Gates is doing what he has to do.
Actually, jobs got windows, the mouse, and network ideas from the Xerox Palo alto research center. Xerox had the technology world in their hands, but the business people couldn't understand what they had.
Gates copied the CP/M operating system and licensed it to IBM for his big break.
@karlbode.com - seems nearly every US based billionaire has been willing to rim the Cheetoh in the past weeks in hopes of having a seat at the oligarch's table. Only one I can think of that has been adversarial to Trump recently has been Mark Cuban.
He's kissing up to trump because he doesn't want him letting rfk jr mess with vaccine progress, but it's a fool's errand and in the process he's normalizing and validating a fascist clown 🤡
Billionaires have tacitly admitted Trump will destroy their businesses and throw them in jail if they don't kiss the ring. Imagine how screwed the rest of us are.
The sad thing is authoritarians will do that anyway eventually. The time to fight is earlier, not later. Hitler was supported by a number of people in power who thought they could control him. Then Nazi street gangs (!) physically threatened parliament to pass certain laws, and the republic was over
One of the most shocking things to learn through all of this is that men with extremely stupid amounts of money just want even more extremely stupid amounts of money. The way I would forever fuck off into the sunset and these guys will. not. go. away. just. need. more. money. and. access.
In fairness, there's something like 2.7k billionaires into the world, and we only keep hearing about a handful, so most of them really are living their lives without needing to be in the media massively, like for example Musk.
In my case no one would ever know I was a billionaire, as I would be busy travelling and doing other fun things. I guess this shows I am not driven enough to be a billionaire, as you don't get to be one by minding your own business and just enjoying life 🙂
i keep thinking these guys have fallen into something like an addiction. what has to go wrong in your life that you don‘t say, you know what, i don‘t need more than 25 million. imma work to just give the rest away. instead they bought up competitors, killing true innovation and a dynamic free market
But here‘s the thing. IF things go REALLY bad for democracy, that behavior won‘t save a Gates’ Vaccines or a Zuckerberg‘s Threads or a Bezos‘ BlueOrigin. Disown, exile, assassinate. It‘s happened to other societies.
So better fight early, and win. Many right of center thought they could control Hitler or that he would „wear himself out“ soon after taking office. Instead the Nazis used their street gangs (!) to physically threaten parliament to vote on certain laws and the republic was done for in a few months.
My reaction was similar to this. This one doesn't bother me as much as the others because it appears to be motivated towards the better good - securing US funding for global health efforts and supporting vaccines.
While we associate Bill with Microsoft, he isn't involved with the company these days, he resigned from the board in 08, I think he has maybe 1% shares left?
So shows how disconnected the share price is from reality of the company.
I can understand (but completely disagree with) current CEOs supplicating themselves to avoid negative repercussions for their business. But Gates is basically a retired philanthropist at this point. What on earth is the point?
He thinks he can use ass kissing to somehow stop him from being a disaster on vaccines, but trump is an insane toddler and he's just normalizing fascism
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He is only 69.
#Pathetic
We are seeing pay-offs for protection from the Mafia don Trump!
What a sad time for America!
That’s a patronizing compliment.
It’s a step away from telling a small child you know they worked very hard on their art project.
Sorry, wrong decade. Right loser, though.
But no mention of shit hole countries, Bill?
Trump knows how to talk to Gates and he knows how to talk to his base. For his base, it's shithole countries. For Gates, it's being excited about eradicating polio in Africa.
If the billionaires feel threatened enough to cup the presidential balls and swallow the gravy what's the next 4 years look like for regular citizens
-- Bill Gates
Bill, the only thing impressive about THE FELON is WHAT A DISGUSTING PIECE OF GARBAGE THAT FELON IS. You’ll be sorry you’re kowtowing to that fuckturd.
So you know this is major ass kissing because if he were an employee, BillG would have lit Trump up the point of tears.
Gates copied the CP/M operating system and licensed it to IBM for his big break.
Melinda wasn't "impressed."
it's like expecting emotional warmth from a running chainsaw
Compromised people shouldn’t expect favors
Trump has shown how easy it is to use flattery to get him on your side. It's disgusting, but reality.
Gates gave $50 million to Harris. I guarantee you he's not actually impressed with Trump.
TrumpCo's cudgel will be anti-trust moves, something JD Vance is enthusiastic about (which is a tell).
Zuckerberg, Gates, Bezos, CBS, et al. have correctly assessed the situation. Trump is a mob boss. Pay up, and obey.
So shows how disconnected the share price is from reality of the company.