Last Tuesday, as the strongest Atlantic storm in 90 years slammed the western coast of Jamaica with 185-mph winds, Bill Gates was downplaying climate change.
The billionaire does not appear to have publicly addressed the disaster in Jamaica, which extended throughout the Caribbean, with Melissa having killed dozens across Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. And his overall point, frankly, does not hold up to scrutiny.
Gates isn’t alone; climate change has slipped down the world’s priority list in the past few years—and it shows. Governments and corporations are shelving emissions goals, budgets are being redirected from climate initiatives to warfare, the media is pivoting away from climate journalism, and even activists are urging a softer, more “hopeful” tone. It all signals a vibe shift in how we talk about climate change, reframing it from the existential risk it actually poses to a less urgent, peripheral issue—even as the floodwaters reach our front doors.
But what about my good billionaire? :( /s
Disrespectfully, Bill Gates needs to shut the fuck up
Why the fuck are we going to Bill Gates for his take on climate change? Man… people are desperate to pin shit on whoever they can to manufacture hate.
Dude has given over one hundred billion dollars to charity. He may not be a saint, but I’d be willing to bet that he’s donated far more than the entirely of the population of lemmy has ever given combined.
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Don’t ask whether it’s distraction from Epstein list, ask whether everything bad is distraction from climate change and wealth inequality.
DonnyBilly, you’re out of your element!Why respectfully? Who has Bill Gates shown actual respect for?
Jeffrey Epstein?
ok good point
Yeah. Shut the fuck up, Bill.
Maybe there is hope for a world where being rich doesn’t mean you are assumed to be wise and all knowing and should be consulted on everything.
I mean… looking at people like Neil deGrasse Tyson, you don’t need to be super rich for people to give your intelligence too much credit.
He’s definitely a very smart man, in his field, but yeah that doesn’t translate to having the answers to everything or even having common sense sometimes.
he also, has a list of women accusing him of sexual misconduct, none of the incidence could be proven, but they were 4 separate women in very different locations. He’s charming on talk shows. No actual scientists get invited on talk shows.
I mean, Carl Sagan, but yeah not really much currently. I feel like due to streaming everything has been kind of put in it’s own little box, everyone can have their own show and no one needs to interact with people different than them.
Gates does not need to “shut up”. He needs to testify as to what his relationship is with Epstein.
Respectfully, Bill Gates is complicit in genocide and should be investigated for his connections with Epstein.
Fact Check: List of claims about Bill Gates includes falsities
Not to defend the guy but there are enough real skeletons in his closet. We don’t need to spread misinformation.
Melinda shit canned his ass for good reasons.
Respectfuly, if you want to fact check someone atleast say what fact you are checking. Although perhaps I could have been more clear.
For the record, Bill Gates is complicit in the genocide in Gaza
- https://timschwab.substack.com/p/is-philanthropy-profiting-from-genocide
- https://www.mintpressnews.com/microsoft-israel-surveillance-azure-idf-gaza-genocide/290534/
- https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/11/11/bill-gates-should-know-better-how-israeli-occupation-ravages-environment-palestine
And he has connections with Epstein who on top of the whole child rape side gig was very successful at laundering money to send to Israel.
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-27/epstein-files-six-pages-released/105823750
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-democrats-release-partial-epstein-records-referencing-musk-gates-and-prince-andrew
- https://pagesix.com/2025/04/15/celebrity-news/melinda-gates-addresses-ex-bills-deeply-disturbing-jeffrey-epstein-link/
For the record, Bill Gates is complicit in the genocide in Gaza
https://timschwab.substack.com/p/is-philanthropy-profiting-from-genocide https://www.mintpressnews.com/microsoft-israel-surveillance-azure-idf-gaza-genocide/290534/For both of these to support your argument, you must be saying that owning stock in a company that benefits from business or weapons that benefit Israel makes the stockholder “complicit in the genocide in Gaza”. If you’re saying that than probably about 60% of Americans would be “complicit in the genocide in Gaza” as they have stock including index total market funds or S&P 500 funds which have fractions of shares in many of those same companies.
That seems like an overly broad definition to me, but if that is your definition, then your claim is true.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/11/11/bill-gates-should-know-better-how-israeli-occupation-ravages-environment-palestineThis one just talks about Gates being involved with Israel on climate change actions without any Gates involvement in Gaza. So have to assume your position is that being involved with Israel on issues affecting all of us globally is also an endorsement of genocide. That too, seems like an extreme position.
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Fuck Bill. Let’s throw him in the volcano with the other elites
That’s wasteful. Pit them against each other in death matches.
We WILL have the Zuck vs Elon match after all
I LIKE THIS IDEA
I remember when he did an AMA on Reddit and every comment about his Epstein connection was instantly buried.
Maybe he should stop raping children, aiding genocide and supporting climate deniers instead of treating philanthropy like a pre-reformation nobleman buying indulgences to get into heaven?
He never should have spoken on the first place.
Forcefully.
Permanently.
Respectfully? Don’t care.
