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[+] -37 points 1 year ago (6 children)
  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    He accomplished an ideal that if every other billionaire upheld and followed suit, we wouldn't have the problems we do.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    The Woz(tm) recently commented on this topic: https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23765914&cid=65583466

    by SteveWoz ( 152247 ) on 2025-08-11 20:36

    I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups in San Jose, the city of my birth, and they named a street after me for being good. I now speak publicly and have risen to the top. I have no idea how much I have but after speaking for 20 years it might be $10M plus a couple of homes. I never look for any type of tax dodge. I earn money from my labor and pay something like 55% combined tax on it. I am the happiest person ever. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns. I developed these philosophies when I was 18-20 years old and I never sold out.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago

    He accomplished donating 1.5 billion dollars to causes and charities, and still got to live worry free for the rest of his life. I'd say at that point he shouldn't be expected to live like a struggling laborer just to prove himself to unimpressed dickheads who don't recognize a good thing.

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