Post #3092724

2026-05-06 15:27 UTC

Being from the Atlanta area makes my opinion of Ted really complicated, obviously he was a billionaire which is inherently unethical, but he also really helped put Atlanta on the map in the 90s. TBS, the Braves, Captain Planet, TNT, the Cartoon Network, and Adult Swim were all things that directly brought my childhood joy and can trace their origins back to Ted Turner. His contributions to the repopulation of American bison shouldn't be ignored either. There are no ethical billionaires but I have a difficult time looking at Turner in the same way I do Zuck, Musk, Gates, etc. Edit: Jesus I forgot WCW, he surely was a man with faults but Ted was the antithesis of Vince McMahon for a period of time. And standing afainst Vince is almost always the morally correct position

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@atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-06 15:53

> There are no ethical billionaires but I have a difficult time looking at Turner in the same way I do Zuck, Musk, Gates, etc. It's funny how people have this *intense desire* to pigeon hole people into "good" and "bad" categories. To the point where you feel the need to apologize for pointing out good things he's done, because you know people will jump on you for it if you don't.

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@DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 2026-05-06 21:12

While it's true that there are degrees of awfulness amongst the billionaires, there is no philanthropy sufficient to redeem the extraction and abuse necessary to become one of them. Some are worse, but none are better.

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@village604@adultswim.fan 2026-05-07 02:19

Him being responsible for the 24h news cycle negates any good he might have done.

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