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That article doesn't make me dislike Bill Gates.
He made an error in judgement thinking working with Epstein might be beneficial to his larger philanthropy work. Lots of the worlds rich and powerful continued to do business with Epstein after he served time for his initial conviction, so it doesn't surprise me that possibilities were explored.
That being said, owning up to it all now in hindsight, is a pretty big good thing.
He's so committed to ip laws that he's responsible for possibly millions of deaths. As far as Epstein it seems like he's had some time to craft a better response, but when he was asked about it on camera he started fidgeting like a kid with their hand in the cookie jar and responded to something along the lines of "Do you have any words of wisdom to share about associating with people like Epstein?" "Well, he's dead so there's that."
I'm pretty sure I said this in a thread here when the video was posted a couple years back, but I actually think that even if someone is completely innocent, it's pretty normal to feel anxious and uncomfortable and act weird when being asked about a controversy they know their name is tied into. I wouldn't judge him as guilty based on that. I'd judge him as guilty because scheduling meetings with Jeffrey Epstein is simply not some unfortunate accident that a blameless soul might haphazardly stumble into.
I get irritated because billionaires get all this credit for making society function, then their failures reduce them back to being mere mortals. It's similar to how Kamala Harris is "the best person for the job!" but then it's "her staff wasn't giving her good advice or were going behind her back."
Part of being a leader means you know how to deal with shitheads under your supervision, how to delegate, how to vet people, and how to avoid doing stupid shit like being seen with a guy who has photos of himself surrounded by young girls, drugs, and alcohol. The fact Gates didn't avoid Epstein in the first place just goes to show billionaires don't deserve shit and they only got there through corruption.