• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    If she gives it all away, she won’t keep making interest to continue giving it away.

    There’s an Indian story about a rich man who feels bad for beggars so he gives each one he sees a coin. After traveling the country giving away coins he becomes a poor beggar himself. So in the end he didn’t substantially help anyone and now he no longer has the option to help.

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      17 hours ago

      He should have picked himself back up by his bootstraps, since he became rich by being special. (A brahmin maybe).

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      1 day ago

      There’s plenty of rich people who could give away money continuously for the rest of their lives and never run out. Bezo’s ex-wife is among them.

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        9 hours ago

        That is exactly the fucking point. The person I’m replying too wants her to splat it all out at once.