• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Her wealth actually grew. She gave away 17B and still came out 2B above the starting number. I don’t think it’s possible for a billionaire to give it all away. Not without just throwing the bulk of the stock shares at someone.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Yup. That’s why such wealth can only really be controlled by the government. When you’re that rich, even actively trying to give it away is difficult because the way the system is set up, you can literally make a ton of money by just having it sit in a bank.

      Even giving the shares away isn’t really giving away the money - it’s just making someone else extremely wealthy instead.