r/nextfuckinglevel • u/matori_tester • 2d ago

Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/SpadoCochi 1d ago

Reddit is something else man.

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u/MercenaryBard 1d ago

Seriously why can’t people just be stoked that we live at the mercy of the charity of billionaires? Personally, I get tears in my eyes and salute the giant flag I keep in my bedroom whenever I see a single one of the countless GoFundMe’s for cancer treatment get fulfilled.

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u/SpadoCochi 1d ago

Do I seem like someone that has a fucking flag in my bedroom?

This is a black man helping black students. Get the fuck out of here and out of a conversation you don’t care to understand.

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u/Oriin690 1d ago

Look past race and see the class.

The ultra rich have been “philanthropists” since the Robber Barons of the Gilded Age. They do it so people will say nice things about them, it’s to offset people talking about how they’re awful to workers, unions, the environment etc.