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CitizenZero

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10. Microsoft

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 04:50 PM

May 2025

I was never a fan of Microsoft- both their products and their business practices. That said, Bill Gates turned out to be a decent humanitarian and philanthropist who used his vast wealth responsibly. If these other billionaire tech bros were more like Gates than Musk, we might not be in the bad political situation that we are stuck with right now. Power should go to righteous and compassionate people, not to the morally defective.

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Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal With Trump From a Case [View all] Mr. Sparkle May 2025 OP

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I am thinking that the $1M was just extortion or protection money to the mob. LiberalArkie May 2025 #7

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