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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Burley" data-source="post: 370557" data-attributes="member: 1690"><p>You may have missed my point. In any event, as far as I know he made his fortune honestly. No one can make as much money as he did and not have detractors, some quite rabid. Ain't gonna happen. My point was that I don't see why making the fortune is considered, at best, morally neutral--but giving it away is virtue of the highest order. What does that make the recipients, morally speaking? There's nothing wrong with philanthropy, it just seems morally overrated, while the creation of wealth is considered mere greed by the herd. I'm being a bit disingenuous here--I know what's going on--so full disclosure: I'm not a Christian. Nor a communist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard Burley, post: 370557, member: 1690"] You may have missed my point. In any event, as far as I know he made his fortune honestly. No one can make as much money as he did and not have detractors, some quite rabid. Ain't gonna happen. My point was that I don't see why making the fortune is considered, at best, morally neutral--but giving it away is virtue of the highest order. What does that make the recipients, morally speaking? There's nothing wrong with philanthropy, it just seems morally overrated, while the creation of wealth is considered mere greed by the herd. I'm being a bit disingenuous here--I know what's going on--so full disclosure: I'm not a Christian. Nor a communist. [/QUOTE]
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