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SomewhereInTheMiddle

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4. Most people are not aware of the second half of Lord Acton's famous quote ...

Reply to iscooterliberally (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:32 AM

Jan 28

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men ..."
https://www.acton.org/research/lord-acton-quote-archive

I doubt we will find many people prominent in any real way that are without blemish. My tendency is to judge them on "what have they done for/to me (and others) lately?"

Gates has been doing a lot of good in my current part of the world (Central Africa) in recent years while Mushk has been doing a lot of harm globally by supporting right-wing populists and giving a platform for harmful speech.

Of the two I would rather believe Gates at this point.

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Right? At least he has tried to help people. mahina Jan 28 #5

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IMHO good people are not billionaires. n/t iscooterliberally Jan 27 #3

Most people are not aware of the second half of Lord Acton's famous quote ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Jan 28 #4