along comes a billionaire who leaves a hundred million dollars
and becomes a university
. and they call that philanthropy
in contrast to misanthropy {seems more appropriate to
me}
but maybe i'm alone in thinking
this way. isn't that generous,
some say
posterity tends to think of it as an archetypal
munificent society - humble masses prostrate - and everyone concludes
what a great american potentate
who gave and gave
and gave - who else would do such a thing
to benefit lives of strangers? capture-d
names on buildings,
street signs [historical blinds] - seek and ye shall
find
who else could? Listen: 3 american people #greatbusinessmen
hold more wealth than 50% of america; who
can donate a hundo mill? who now
who?
in 1965, in Milwaukee - now the most segregated
city in the great USofA
- 88% of blacks lived within a 2 square mile area near the city's
heart. redlining. inner core. black families held wealth
seven times < [less than] white families
who today hold 40 times > $greaterthan$ the wealth of
black families --- ask
who are the icons and humanitarians?
value the valuable ! exclaim the concentrated
cash assets -
isn't the right question: why does anyone have 100,000,000 bucks to gift to anyone
anyway?
what kind of world
have we created in which one family
has that much wealth
when so many have diddly+squat?
before we climb on the high horse - (aside] i'll point out that it's a rocker - to affirm
our own humility - lest it's forgotten...
it is this way because a minority of shareholders
wanted it this way and we let /em do
it - and to be perfectly candid
we're not shareholders. richest 1% own more than half of those
stocks - take stock of that...
real philanthropy is one who
gives who cannot give.
&real benefactor's nary the scion of some rich well-to-do know-it-all
our last remaining soul
of philanthropy
resides in the meekest
compassion.
time it is to cease celebrating the celebrated
capitalist mogul entrepreneur
cherish the reluctant
pauper - }remember {no title of nobility shall be granted
by the united states}
no lifelong titles, comrades; that's
no praise
philanthropy
