Sunday 5 November 2023
Bill Multi-Jet
Bill Gates Owns Multiple Jets He Calls His ‘Guilty Pleasure’
n 1997, Gates joined the elite ranks of billionaires and purchased a business jet, a Bombardier Challenger 604, with a price tag of approximately $21 million. Gates chose to use his personal funds to acquire the aircraft, rather than relying on Microsoft to foot the bill, even though the jet would primarily serve business purposes. This business jet provided Gates the flexibility and convenience he required for his extensive global travels, aligning him with other business magnates who had recognized the value of private jets.
Gates now owns an impressive fleet of at least four business jets. Valued at close to $200 million, his collection includes the elite Gulfstream G650. Beyond ownership, he also runs a private aviation management company and has channeled substantial investments into the largest business jet service provider globally. …
There are forces of madness; I have shown you that I make allowance for them. But they are only dangerous so long as privilege allies itself with hypocrisy. The task of the modern civiliser is to sweep away sham idealisms.
George Gissing - Born in Exile (1892)
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The more I hear of the likes of him, the more I realise that hypocrisy comes naturally to them.
Do as I say, not do as I do, is the fundamental divide between the Elite and the Rude Mechanicals. And they work tirelessly to maintain that divide because otherwise they would not be special.
One law for the rich, and another for the poor. And yet another for the astoundingly rich.
To get back at this hypocritical monster, I'm going to set the gas boiler to come on tomorrow ten minutes earlier. Even if he begs me not to.
Jannie - yes it's part of being a club member - pretend it's something else.
DJ - it's a change too, because there was a time not so long ago when members of elites made sure their status was obvious and didn't pretend otherwise.
Sam - for the same reason I'm going to put more logs on the fire this evening to make the room warmer than it needs to be. Whatever he says I'm off out to chop those extra logs.
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