I love reading about obscenely wealthy people who decide to give away some of their money. Today's example is Mackenzie Scott who achieved billionaire status by divorcing her even more wealthy husband, Jeff Bezos. Her net worth is estimated at $27bn ( I assume that's US dollars). She's decided to give away 'more than half'.
How big a deal is that, in reality? If she gave away $14 bn she would still have $13bn to keep her warm in the cold Californian winters. If most other people in the world gave away half of their accumulated wealth, they'd not survive. Ms Scott won't even notice the disappearance of those billions.
I reckon people should not be regarded as generous until their donation is real sacrifice. All I can say to Ms Scott is 'Big deal!"
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