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Do you mean net good (more good than bad) or is a good thing like "established public libraries" acceptable even if he also oppressed workers and stifled unions and bought government officials and stuff?
How many libraries is enough libraries to offset it though? That's the question. 5 libraries? Probably not. 10000 libraries? ...๐คท
10 billion libraries? Now you're oppressing people in a whole new way. That's more than one library per person. Surely not scalable.
Well that's why I asked OP if this is "net" calculation (good - bad) or if just the good counts.
By my evaluation I don't think any billionaire (or equivalent using PPP calculations) has ever or could ever do enough "good" to overwrite the "bad" they have to do to accumulate that much wealth, unless they literally spend it all on improving people's lives including getting down in the trenches themselves.