He epitomises the parasitic nature of turbocharged capitalism. Index funds literally work like a turbo charger in this case, forcing value generated by people who can’t afford it to be invested in his company that doesn’t generate any real value.
Carsten Timmermann
The world’s first trillionaire took away our Ebola response capacity, gave us screwworms, hollowed out our government so he could pay less taxes, and condemned millions of the world’s most vulnerable people to death.
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Sanho Tree
When you see the story
about how the world
now has its first trillionaire,
and when you see the story
about how laboratories
in Congo have run out
of supplies to test for Ebola,
it is important to understand
that in many ways
these are the same story.
