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People of Lemmy, I dare you to name ONE billionaire that's done anything good. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Eventlesstew@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Farman@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Osama bin laden did 9 11

[–] JuneFall@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't a billionaire.

[–] Farman@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tougth he was. Then i guess there arent any good ones after all.

[–] JuneFall@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

It is easy to think that, but it was mostly his father who controlled the wealth. Osama himself had dozens of siblings:

Bin Laden was one of more than 50 children of Muhammad bin Laden, a self-made billionaire who, after immigrating to Saudi Arabia from Yemen as a labourer, rose to direct major construction projects for the Saudi royal family.