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wumpus on Dec 5, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Books I read this year

I suspect that the condemnation is for previous poor actions, not for the current good acts.

majani on Dec 5, 2017 [–]

But what better atonement for previous sins than giving away 99% of your wealth to charity?

wumpus on Dec 5, 2017 | [–]

And you might not be surprised to learn that many people don't think that's good enough.

This is not a new issue, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist)

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