Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoPeople of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.message-squaremessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down1116
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squarePeople of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good.Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square229fedilink
minus-squarepottedmeat7910@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·10 months agoNot a modern “billionaire”, but you can make an argument that Andrew Carnegie spent a lot of his fortune on things that weren’t awful.
minus-squareMrsDoyle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoNot just America - my home town in New Zealand had a Carnegie library. I live in Scotland now, where his birthplace is a museum. https://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/ His money is still funding various trusts in the UK.
Not a modern “billionaire”, but you can make an argument that Andrew Carnegie spent a lot of his fortune on things that weren’t awful.
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Not just America - my home town in New Zealand had a Carnegie library. I live in Scotland now, where his birthplace is a museum. https://www.carnegiebirthplace.com/ His money is still funding various trusts in the UK.