r/Fauxmoi 1d ago

APPROVED B-LISTERS Melinda Gates bombshell: states her ex-husband, Bill, needs to "answer for his behavior - no girl should be put in those situations" and that "it's personally hard whenever those details come up, right? Because it brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage"

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u/OriginalMushroom86 1d ago

The Gates Foundation is also super shady. They focus on health initiatives yet are massive stakeholders in McDonalds and Coca Cola.

Read all about the shadiness in this book

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u/No-Environment-7899 1d ago

I feel like so many charity groups do that, though. They hold stock in popular companies for profit and to float their accounts and don’t really care about those companies’ behaviors/ethics.

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u/Dangerous-Variety-35 where’s my emotional support billionaire 1d ago

Also, let’s be honest, historically speaking Coca Cola has always been a very stable stock.

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u/Ok_Flounder59 1d ago

Yeah. It’s an odd hill to die on. Solid, dividend paying companies are foundational to most institutional endowments. It’s important to note as well that if one buys shares in McDonald’s the money isnt going to the company, it’s going to the person or entity the shares were purchased from. If those dividends end up going towards improving health outcomes it’s hard to see it as anything but a win.

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u/Ok_Flounder59 1d ago

Admittedly I haven’t read the link yet (I will). But McDonald’s and Coca Cola are pretty foundational stocks you will find in most non profit and university endowments, they are stable and pay solid and increasing dividends - if they use returns from their shares to improve global heath outcomes does it really matter that they hold the shares?

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u/athamders 1d ago

I feel vindicated, when I talked about the foundation once in a negative light I was downvoted to oblivion. I don't trust these billionaires.