Branson, Charity, Books and
Mr Branson 3 Billion bucks to the global warming cause. H mm I do not believe in the global warming brouhaha, at best, I do not believe its high on the list of problems that plague our dear planet. Maybe I am just a clueless social scientist.
The new wave of charitable donations is suspicious, there is no smoke without fire, its getting quite freakish. I do not see how charitable donations make a dent in the problems that plague us. This is why:
1. Charitable donations, in many cases allow governments to relax or step back from their natural roles as providers of public goods. i.e gives room for embezzlement.
2. Charitable donations are not spent in an optimal manner, after all its booty.
3. In many cases money chases solutions, under normal circumstances solutions would chase money/funding.
4. Charity does not fit into the greed driven economic system we currently have in place. I am not saying this is the best system, presently it's the cheapest system to administer.
5. Charitable donations afford the donors a sense of 'goody goody' which I do not think they deserve. I know this bit is a bit hard-line though.
6. Donated monies provide the poor a false sense of relief thereby postponing the revolution to a latter date. My Omodudu views surface for a second.
report on the ownership of the media outlets in the US, Hmm why do all of them look so 'unfine', leaving out Bloomberg.
My suspicion is confirmed, books are bad for you,
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I think you'll find that he's investing the money into finding alternative sources of fuel. So when they do find anything, guess who'll own the patent, and make BILLIONS?
He's no philnatropist, he's a businessman, who has seen a very good opportunity.