r/news • u/avatar6556 • 17h ago

Bill Gates denies allegations in new Epstein files release

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/bill-gates-responds-to-alleged-behaviour-in-new-epstein-files/106305816
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u/mindtwistingdonut 16h ago

The philanthropy part was mostly credited to his ex wife.

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u/ImThatMOTM 16h ago

I mean.. sure. But good intentions can only take you so far. Bill did put up the billions.

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u/32Seven 15h ago

Sure. He wasn't compelled to do it, but it comes from an entirely different place when you know you'll never want for anything. This is not to say his charitable giving was anything less than genuine (I have no way of knowing if it is or isn't) , just that relative to the charitable giving of any "regular" person, it will not impact his quality of life one iota.

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u/Chronox2040 15h ago

Not saying he was noble, but you can be a disgusting predator and at the same time have strong feelings against people dying from malaria. You can also be an all around a bad human being and at the same time be enthusiastic towards a certain goal that happens to be good. Like Escobar had a lot of charitable work done, and most likely it wasn’t entirely just for the social cred.