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Episode 45: The Not-So-Benevolent Billionaire: Bill Gates and Western Media
Citations Needed · Jul 25, 2018 · 1 h 09 min
Russia, as we all know, has sinister "oligarchs" whereas in the United States, we are told, we have "philanthropists," "job creators," and "titans of industry" who earn their wealth through hard work, moxie, and guile. Aside from a few cartoonishly evil billionaires – like the Walton family, Peter Thiel, and the Koch brothers – the average American has a warm and fuzzy feeling about the super…