Over 240 billionaires have signed the Giving Pledge, committing to give away at least half their wealth, and the pledge is public and tracked here: The Giving Pledge. Yes, you can argue pledges are PR. But tens of billions have actually moved, and the pledge changed the social norm around extreme wealth in one generation. We went from Gilded Age robber barons building monuments to themselves to a culture where a new billionaire is asked, on day one, what they're giving away. That's progress worth keeping, and it only exists because the category exists.
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