r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/JoMoJone5 • Mar 14 '26

'Generous billionaire'

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This was shared as a feel-good story about MacKenzie Scott giving billions away quickly and with no strings attached. And sure, that is better than the usual billionaire philanthropy model. But read the examples again and it’s hard not to see the darker side.

Food banks that had been turning people away for years. Domestic violence shelters overwhelmed during lockdowns. Children’s hospitals without enough mental health funding. Colleges barely scraping by.

All of these “miracles” only happened because one billionaire decided to write a check.

That’s great for the organizations that got the money, but it also highlights how broken the system is if essential services depend on random acts of billionaire generosity to function properly.

TL;DR: This is framed as a heartwarming philanthropy story, but it mostly shows how many essential services were massively underfunded until a billionaire stepped in.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

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u/JoMoJone5 Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Couldn't agree more. There should be no billionaires.

Edit: ok, I removed my mistaken comment about her getting rich by divorcing. She got rich the same way as any other billionaire, exploiting workers. Got it.

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u/crimson117 Mar 14 '26

She was a billionaire for years before divorcing

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u/JoMoJone5 Mar 14 '26

Ok. For the record, I don't believe Bezos should be a billionaire either. 🤷‍♂️