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theZilber | 5 months ago

No surprise there. Good thing some officials try and do something about it.

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semiquaver|5 months ago

Not officials. BBB is essentially Angie’s list.

wmeredith|5 months ago

I think it's more accurate to say that The Better Business Bureau is Yelp from the 1910s.

dylan604|5 months ago

That's strange to me that you'd compare something that's been around longer to the thing that's more recent in this way

_zoltan_|5 months ago

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jon-wood|5 months ago

So if you donate money to charity then you get a pass on obeying the law and general morals? Is this like indulgences from the Pope? How much does a murder cost?

bcrosby95|5 months ago

If I go out and randomly punch someone in the face but buy a homeless person dinner, hey, I did something good, but maybe I still shouldn't have done the former.

mouse_|5 months ago

In a Mister Burns sorta way, I guess

shit_game|5 months ago

Falling for PR and advertising is a moral failing by which you are not even bothering to consider the reality of the situation.

buellerbueller|5 months ago

That is just effective altruism by another name.

thrance|5 months ago

Not really, no. There is extensive documentation showing his charity is way less than it appears to be, and selling overpriced unhealthy garbage to children negates what little goodwill he may have gained through it, in my book.

doublerabbit|5 months ago

No. He has no compassion nor authenticity for what he does.

He's been doing it to paint an image to mask what's goes on behind the screen. He's a narcissistic psychopathic arsehole.