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by vjvjvjvjghv 348 days ago
I often wonder about this too. Fund nuclear fusion to a level that it can succeed. Or fund newspapers that do truly independent journalism. It seems a lot of these things would be perfectly in reach for quite a few billionaires. Musk could probably pay for a Mars mission out of his own pocket.
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Fusion is already well funded by our oligarchs.
As far as I know these aren't non profits for the benefit of the world.