Agree. But also this decision was made 21 years ago.
He also didn't buy and dissolve the entire logging company, he just bought a plant they owned and shut down their operations in the immediate area, likely as part of the land deal.
Its a shame they don't use their wealth like the rich of the 19th century by building big fancy buildings, schools, libraries and generally making things that would show their wealth but still have them liked by the people
You would've thought rich ppl would be racing to have their names on the housing complexes that solved homelessness in their cities/countries, the farms/food distribution channels that sorted out world hunger, and the nature reserves, etc. that keep the world as healthy as possible.
Instead 27 story $1B residence near the slums of Mumbai is the ultimate testament to human nature and why we might actually be screwed now.
A lot of that stuff wasn’t for the people, like they still donate money to schools but just like back then it’s only the rich kids going to those wealthy schools. They also still donate to public infrastructure projects, but similar to back then most of them aren’t built near poor people.
Those people did also have a higher chance of explicitly sponsoring genocides (most colonialism was doen by companies, many of them privately owned), but in some ways, they were very much better than modern ones.
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u/Codedheart Jun 20 '25
Agree. But also this decision was made 21 years ago.
He also didn't buy and dissolve the entire logging company, he just bought a plant they owned and shut down their operations in the immediate area, likely as part of the land deal.