Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him | Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
The X owner has no time for a democratic experiment dedicated to knowledge. He would rather yell puerile ‘jokes’ into the ether, writes Zoe Williams

Now is a good time to flood Wikipedia with donations. For the first time in my life, i have just donated to them and will do so again. You can do it too for a minimum of €2, no requirement for recurring donations or any nonsense.

    • The Giant Korean@lemmy.worldEnglish
      83·
      1 year ago

      Why? They’re either born with the money or make the money, but either way the money has turned them into terrible people.

      • Maven (famous)@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        1 year ago

        I’d argue that you have to be horrible already to have loads of money. Any reasonably good person would be using their excess wealth for a good cause rather than building ego rockets.

        • The Giant Korean@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Money = power, and power corrupts. I’m sure there are some people who are horrible before they become wealthy, but I think money (and power) has a way of blunting peoples’ empathy.

          • decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Normal people stop exploiting others before they reach having unfathomable amounts of money. So somebody with different values and morals will never have so much money since it is impossible to make such money without being corrupt and a piece of shit

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I mean, Musk was born fairly rich, but not like that. Most tech billionaires come from a sort of upper-middle-class to low-upper-class background, probably just because there’s not a lot of super rich families to start with. There are a few lower-class exceptions that prove the rule, although they can be hard to pin down because they all like to claim they grew up rough (and therefore earned their place by being better the peasants), and of course the heirs of other billionaires.

      As far as I can tell, they act about the way a random person would given their situation. You get power-drunk dicks like Elon Musk, but also philanthropists like Chuck Feeney (who gave it all away) and Bill Gates, while most just stay quiet and enjoy having unfathomable wealth (Bezos, Zuckerberg).