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Clueless socialists can't read either. The article says she is building a school. Just for your information, she owes the world nothing and anything anyone does or does not in life is self serving. Yes, even suicide.

Either? You make it sound like you have already made one point. What was it?

And I never said she owed anyone anything, nor have I supported socialism.

And I disagree with your point that all actions are self serving, I don't think you can prove that, why don't you try?

My point was about philosophy, and that our actions are just that, actions. If you have the ability to help someone and you don't, then you have performed an action (that of not helping the person in question). This is a fact of life, your snide hints cannot change that.

If she's building a school then goody goody. It's still just a few buildings, a BILLION dollars can do a lot more.

But my post was about the equivalence of actions and inactions, not socialism. You're seeing what you want to respond to.

If you have the ability to help someone and you don't, then you have performed an action (that of not helping the person in question).

And that inaction is self serving.

If a person builds a school that is self serving because the person can feel proud and gets praise.

Think of any action or inaction, then look at motivation and you will find that there is always a selfish motivation.

Audy Murphy charged the German platoon because he couldn't stand the thought of his men being killed.

The man rushes into the burning building because he can't stand to hear the baby crying. If another man runs away it is because of his selfish need to save himself.

If she's building a school then goody goody. It's still just a few buildings, a BILLION dollars can do a lot more.

It sounds like you think wealthy people must "help" the poor. Those are the seeds of Socialism. It should be enough that the trickle-down effect of her wealth put tens and even hundreds-of-thousands of people to work. If you took away Oprah, a million people might starve.

Conversely if you give handouts to the poor, you reinforce their choices that allowed them to be poor and allow their mental disease to continue.