Billionaire and corporate humanity

The billionaire “humanitarianism” of Winfrey, Gates and Murdoch is deeply compromised not only by its failure to acknowledge the causal relationship between extreme wealth and great poverty but by participating in an ideological assault on the welfare state. It posits itself as the only way to change the world – from above and with a wealthy few firmly in control.

August 14, 2011
The billionaire “humanitarianism” of Winfrey, Gates and Murdoch is deeply compromised not only by its failure to acknowledge the causal relationship between extreme wealth and great poverty but by participating in an ideological assault on the welfare state. It posits itself as the only way to change the world – from above and with a wealthy few firmly in control.

Oprah Winfrey has given money to New Orleans, HIV/Aids prevention, abused women’s shelters and private scholarships. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Media empress Oprah Winfrey has been nominated for a special Oscar, the Jean Hersholt award, for those “whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry”. This has created mild controversy in the US, with some [...]

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