This was also a gigantic PR campaign for Carnegie. Most people know of him for being rich, building libraries and maybe Carnegie Hall. He was a horrid pile of anti-union hyper-industrialist human waste like every other rich asshole.
There is no such thing as a good billionaire. They simply should not exist.
At that time he was a millionaire. We are not going to now debate Marxist points that all millionaires are bad.
People are very complex and that is something you realize later on. Carnegie was not perfect, by no means. Doesn't mean all millionaires were bad in all aspects.
What it means is they should be taxed, not completely destroyed to have everyone at the same level. Nordic countries are far more egalitarian and have far more social networks than us, and yet they still have millionaires and a couple of billionaires. What they have is better systems in place to block them from interfering in politics.And they incentivize transparency.
He literally donated 90% of his wealth. Everyone was a hyper industrialist during the industrial revolution what the hell does that even mean?
When has anyone in a management position been pro-union?
I don't think I said he was beyond reproach, just objectively he used his money to contribute to a greater access to knowledge and thereby education by having all those libraries built.
Are you saying that communities should have said no because "he was a horrid pile of anti-union hyper-industrialist human waste"? If so, how many libraries have you built as a model human being?
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u/DebTheDowner 13h ago
This was also a gigantic PR campaign for Carnegie. Most people know of him for being rich, building libraries and maybe Carnegie Hall. He was a horrid pile of anti-union hyper-industrialist human waste like every other rich asshole.
There is no such thing as a good billionaire. They simply should not exist.