I think you win the "Thread Hijack Of The Day" Award. :-)
It is true... I am not sure if that makes me a bad person or not. I hope Bray will forgive me... it is a well said rant and deserves more discussion.
Gates has been using his billions to push his Covid and Global Warming narratives and actually having some direct involvement in ill-conceived folly. I suppose most people who have made billions cannot help but consider themselves vastly superior to the rest of us. I think he believes the rest of us should be grateful for his efforts. I came into personal contact with two other high level Microsoft people, Steve Balmer, and the late Paul Allan; neither of them seemed to outwardly share this characteristic.