[fungiblecog]

Instead of worrying about how hard it is to give away their money effectively these billionaires should be working to fix a political system created specifically to funnel money to billionaires. Without fixing the actual problem giving away money is just virtue signalling.

[Terr_]

A fairly tame start (i.e. not overtly against their own money-making interests) would be to support voting-reform to one of the many many options that are superior to plurality/first-past-the-post voting.

Insofar as regular-businesses like predictability, this would actually be good for them. Fewer dramatic changes from slim margins every election cycle.

[slg]

If you click through to the original blog post[1], you will see him advocating for exactly this.

>Our status as the world's leading democracy is in question. We should make it easier for more eligible Americans to vote, such as making election day a national holiday, universal mail in voting, and adopting ranked choice voting so all votes carry more weight. We should also strengthen institutions keeping democracy fair for everyone, such as state and local election boards, as well as the Federal Election Commission.

[1] - https://blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-america/

[CharlieDigital]

Unless you are among the uber wealthy -- wealthy enough to control communication channels -- it's very hard to change the political system.

Today, many Americans consume their information from social media and an shrinking number of "traditional" media sources that are largely controlled by a few entities.

It is very difficult to affect discourse in a meaningful way that can then move policy by getting people to vote.

[LeonB]

Jeff is specifically donating money to causes which improve the political system, enfranchise (not dis-enfranchise) voters.

[bigstrat2003]

Why would we expect someone to not only have the insight on how to fix society, but actually be able to reshape it, just because they are a billionaire? Giving resources to those who need it might be the best way to help for some.

[bloomingkales]

Without morally condemning them:

Accumulating that much wealth means you were in a frenzy. It’s good he snapped out of it. Take someone like Elon or Bezos, 10 billion is not enough, 100 isn’t, 200 isn’t. We have people that are still in a manic greed phase.

It’s karma that the ghost of Hitler possessed Elon’s body. Simple greed can destroy a soul too. You have no idea the supernatural forces that will dock in your soul if you make it a comfortable nesting place.