Bill Gates and Creative Capitalism--Oh, Give Me A Break!

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  Ania Levy

  01/30/08 | Report as spam

  Helping the impoverished

  Bravo! Great posting.
  
  I wonder what Mr. Gates thinks about the state of the world in general when
  he's not hearing the over riding sound of cash registers ringing up sales of
  his products.
  
  How can we (the world) solve the plight of the poor and oppressed while we
  operate in alliance with governments that perpetuate poverty and oppression?
  
  The real issues are not upping the ante for corporations that participate in
  "feed the world" or "cure a disease" programs. The real issues are geo-
  political issues. They are religious hatred issues. They are issues that have
  been tearing nations apart for hundreds if not thousands of years.
  
  Until we realize and establish an effective, less corrupt organization of nations
  with the capability of a unified body of wealth and influence, and acceptable
  levels of sanity for individual members of such an organization, we will not be
  able to curtail oppression and poverty at any level. There will never be
  enough money to feed the poor and cure diseases because corrupt
  governments do not allow that to happen. They steal what we contribute.
  They stifle local economies. They starve their citizens and tax them to death.
  They discourage learning and encourage blind adherence to hateful behaviors.
  
  Today's UN is an example of what does not work. The lunatics are running
  the asylum. Leaders of the organization and family members steal from the
  poor. Despots and madmen are in charge. They serve on committees that
  are intended to secure the world. It needs to be cleaned up to allow any
  program of good intentions to actually reach the people in the world who are
  starving - for food, medicine and the tools they need to support themselves.
  
  I would like to learn more about the theory of creative capitalism and how
  that might be instituted. Can you direct me to a relevant link to that?
  
  On a final note, I'm not advocating that any of us - individuals or
  corporations - stop contributing. It is our duty to remain generous and ready
  to help those who are less fortunate, domestically and internationally, as we
  always have done.

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  ms. e

  03/20/08 | Report as spam

  can we work together, thanks

  hi Ania
  
  I agree, i hope we are not counting generations for this to happen.
  We have started a small project on poverty reduction, and to literally lift up 100 households living in a canal where sewage flows. It is not easy to find answers but we are excited to move bit by bit, thanks to a gen y attitude. We have sought local partners to share in kind basic stuff and help us access books, scholarships, health missions, capability building meetings, papers , notebooks and pencils, toilet seats, ideas, etc.
  
  May we invite you to share your thoughts on how we can improve the design of our project? We are a group of graduate school students linked informally with a classmate who heads a local government unit, helping him fix the most depressed area in his unit.
  
  Thank you,
  Editha

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  vanreamer

  05/30/08 | Report as spam

  You said it!

  Hmmm... I thank the Big Buddha upstairs every day for allowing me to make the lasting ethical choices I make each day, and they are uncompromising, It has thwarted my ability to negotiate my way (until recently) to secure my foundation as a humane person, but I get to live with my resulting conscience, and that's all that matters. Food for thought: in this day of "reality" this and that, don't you all find it odd that more and more people are diagnosed with ADD and a usurpt amount of psych disorders that are the direct results and constructs (destructs?)of their salient minds? Isn't it true that people en masse are dedicated to unvaluable characteristics by not actually living, but trying deperately to maintain some sort of balance, especially when they are motivated by a lack of ethics and morals? It's no wonder nothing really ever gets accomplished. If you're honest with yourself and live right, then you have less time self-conferencing about the intangible abuses that consume you. Okay, no more coffee....

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  Mela0617

  06/26/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Bill Gates and Creative Capitalism--Oh

  ha ha ha
  
  funny but sad that you're right on

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  harryviderci

  07/10/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Bill Gates and Creative Capitalism--Oh

  What a naughty, in-human person that Bill Gates reallly is, eh? - Wanting to make a ton of money, and then worrying about his soul - Disgusting.
  
  Of far superior morality are those of us who try to make a ton of money and then critcise other souls who are infinitely better at it.
  
  Get a life.

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  ElasticMind

  08/25/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Bill Gates and Creative Capitalism--Oh

  At least he is doing something instead of sitting in the dark counting his gold bullion.
  
  But really, he is trying to make a difference in the world. And I say good for him. That is more than we can say for Jobs.