“Now, the big philanthropist Gates (who stole ideas, ran the competition under with illegal practices), wants to create a lasting legacy of what a great guy he is.”
Isn’t that what they always do? Men like Carnegie, Stanford, Rockefeller, and Ford among others were some very shady characters with rather dubious, and many times illegal business practices that destroyed people’s lives in the process, but they always play the benevolent philanthropist before they die in an attempt to blot out their sins.
Good point.
I didn’t think of it like that.
Nothing new.
I suppose as some of these folks get old and think about their end and legacy, suddenly the scumbag they were isn’t what we want remembered by.
However, I worked for the late Ross Perot (3 years) and he surely was a human with his sins and failures, but that dude was the real deal!!! He tried hard to live his faith, he took care of his employees, helped his community, loved his country and the military. He often helped folks and they never knew that it was him helping. My point is that not everyone successful falls into that category.
There are real heros (Sullenberger), and there are true philanthropists (Ross Perot). In a world where we tear down great people while crap is lifted to the top (Bill Gates or Snoop Dogg) that goes unnoticed.