jonne

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Yeah. Not sure what it is. It somehow feels more laggy, and for some games I struggle to read what's on the screen sometimes. Plus there's obviously other family members that want to use the TV most of the time. The steam deck really has been the only way I still do any gaming.

I mean, the thing is that a donation to philanthropy is tax deductible, so even if you control the charity 100%, it counts. Instead of paying taxes, you're just paying yourself. And once it's in that charity, you can use that money for any charitable cause, even if that cause benefits the non-charitable side of your portfolio. This means that you can

  • pay for your own PR
  • use the charity money to buy a bunch of medicine to eradicate some disease, while you have investments in the pharma company that will provide said medicine
  • donate to academia to steer research goals and then become a early investor in any spinoff companies that result from that
  • donate to a charity run by a politician/other rich person to curry favour

It's not a coincidence he's become richer despite 'donating his wealth'.

It's doable if you're not constantly changing the plans. The issue appears to be that he keeps changing things about it. Every plan or rendering they've released is different and it keeps getting bigger with each iteration.

I'm actually amazed how he keeps finding new suckers after decades of doing it in the private sector and almost 10 years of doing it as President. The only ones that really came out ahead are the criminals that bought their pardons. Everyone else gets screwed one way or another.