r/nextfuckinglevel • u/matori_tester • 1d 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/uncultured_swine2099 1d ago

I...think I don't hate a billionaire. This is a strange feeling.

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u/Haramdour 10h ago

It’s ego massaging disguised as philanthropy - he could have cleared it all quietly and not made it a big part of his very public speech, but no he wants the applause and the chants. 40million for a billionaire is also chump change, it’s only generous if you hurt after you give it.