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Bill Gates
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diff --git a/wiki/characters/bill-gates.md b/wiki/characters/bill-gates.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f07a7c62 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +title: Bill Gates +type: character +portrait: /portraits/x-bill-gates.jpg +status: confirmed +sources: + - raw/news/strange-phenomenon-happening-as-celebrities-take-to-social-media-to-suddenly-die-talking-h.json +--- + +**Bill Gates** is a billionaire philanthropist whose Bugleverse portfolio is world population reduction — a cause he funds generously and declines to lead by example. + +## Arc history + +Gates's canon opens in January 2023, commenting on MSNBC about the trend of celebrities [[memes/dying-suddenly|dying suddenly]] for the climate: "It's apparent that we have too many people on the planet, and there is no sacrifice more selfless than ceasing your own existence. I have given many billions of dollars towards reducing the world population and yet I cannot find myself willing to undertake this selfless endeavor" ([[news/strange-phenomenon-happening-as-celebrities-take-to-social-media-to-suddenly-die-talking-heads-compare-it-to-ice-bucket-challenge|Celebrities And Athletes Suddenly Die]]). + +> irl: Riffs on the perennial conspiracy reading of Gates's public-health philanthropy as "depopulation." The quote is invented. + +## Appearances + +### In the news (1) + +- [[news/strange-phenomenon-happening-as-celebrities-take-to-social-media-to-suddenly-die-talking-heads-compare-it-to-ice-bucket-challenge|Celebrities And Athletes Suddenly Die, Talking Heads Compare It To Ice Bucket Challenge]] — 2023-01-23, quoted