Sunjay Kapur, friend of Prince William and ex-husband of Bollywood star Karisma Kapoor, reportedly died of anaphylactic shock after being stung by a bee during a polo match in Windsor, England.
The news: “He will be greatly missed not only by his family and friends but the local community around his club as he employed so many people and made so many friends — he was fun, kind and generous. He didn’t distinguish between his grooms or high net worth friends — when he had a party, everyone was invited and everyone was equal.” He leaves behind a daughter and two young sons.
This forum: Didn’t read the article, don’t know anything about him but good on the bee. Yay death!
(Googles it…) Wow… “She claimed in her divorce plea that Sunjay forced her to sleep with his friends on their honeymoon. She also alleged that he asked his mother to slap her when she was pregnant.”
Billionaires don’t get to be billionaires by being nice or good.
Name one “good” billionaire, I’ll wait.
They also support each other with the media outlets they own.
This guy made his new wife sleep with his friends right after their wedding.
They let news outlets release this to press back in the day because it was a man’s world and they didn’t care about the optics like they do now.
I suppose JK Rowling, regardless of her personal politics, made her actual money by writing the world’s most popular children’s book series. Likewise George Lucas I guess is probably a billionaire too. And Taylor Swift.
But these are examples of incredibly lucky creators of novel IPs. There’s always been a handful of these people on the lower end of the upper end of economic power.
I disagree with her politics and bigotry… however, I think the poster was saying that she did not inherit millions to turn them into billions. She built a media empire on her own. I mean, I can separate the art from the artist in most cases but I can appreciate it without sending enriching them by purchasing secondhand or borrowing from the library.
Broadly I would tend to agree but… there’s plenty of billionaires who give away billions. Rather than wait, just google it. It doesn’t mean they’re nice people but their money does good. There’s no getting around that.
I know that most wealthy people give money either as a performance for others or out of guilt but that’s still money given to people who need it. Personally I don’t care about their motives so long as their money actually helps.
As for somehow creating some kind of socialist utopia where billionaires don’t exist, you would be ignoring our entire history as a species. Sooner or later “some animals are more equal than others”. It sucks, particularly if you are the sort of person who has an abundance of empathy but there it is. Best we can do, I reckon, is look after the people in our immediate vicinity. If we all did that mind you then maybe things would get better but I’m not holding my breath.
The news: “He will be greatly missed not only by his family and friends but the local community around his club as he employed so many people and made so many friends — he was fun, kind and generous. He didn’t distinguish between his grooms or high net worth friends — when he had a party, everyone was invited and everyone was equal.” He leaves behind a daughter and two young sons.
This forum: Didn’t read the article, don’t know anything about him but good on the bee. Yay death!
News says he abused Karisma Kapoor.
(Googles it…) Wow… “She claimed in her divorce plea that Sunjay forced her to sleep with his friends on their honeymoon. She also alleged that he asked his mother to slap her when she was pregnant.”
Scumbag confirmed.
What a little bitch (him obv).
Not just to slap her while pregnant, but specifically because she didn’t fit into the dress her MIL wanted her to wear.
You know how pregnant people tend to stay the same size throughout their pregnancy
Billionaires don’t get to be billionaires by being nice or good.
Name one “good” billionaire, I’ll wait.
They also support each other with the media outlets they own.
This guy made his new wife sleep with his friends right after their wedding. They let news outlets release this to press back in the day because it was a man’s world and they didn’t care about the optics like they do now.
There are no good billionaires, prove me wrong.
I suppose JK Rowling, regardless of her personal politics, made her actual money by writing the world’s most popular children’s book series. Likewise George Lucas I guess is probably a billionaire too. And Taylor Swift.
But these are examples of incredibly lucky creators of novel IPs. There’s always been a handful of these people on the lower end of the upper end of economic power.
Inflation made them billionaires by convenience, next.
Wait, did you start a sentence with JK Rowling? When being asked about a good billionaire? She’s literally a walking dumpster fire
I disagree with her politics and bigotry… however, I think the poster was saying that she did not inherit millions to turn them into billions. She built a media empire on her own. I mean, I can separate the art from the artist in most cases but I can appreciate it without sending enriching them by purchasing secondhand or borrowing from the library.
Broadly I would tend to agree but… there’s plenty of billionaires who give away billions. Rather than wait, just google it. It doesn’t mean they’re nice people but their money does good. There’s no getting around that.
I know that most wealthy people give money either as a performance for others or out of guilt but that’s still money given to people who need it. Personally I don’t care about their motives so long as their money actually helps.
As for somehow creating some kind of socialist utopia where billionaires don’t exist, you would be ignoring our entire history as a species. Sooner or later “some animals are more equal than others”. It sucks, particularly if you are the sort of person who has an abundance of empathy but there it is. Best we can do, I reckon, is look after the people in our immediate vicinity. If we all did that mind you then maybe things would get better but I’m not holding my breath.
Typical Lemmy - far left, anti-billionaire, anti-Microsoft, yadda yadda…