Prepare your gag reflex folks, because we're about to dive into the murky waters of global philanthropy and uncover the rotting carcass of hypocrisy that lies beneath.

The latest philanthropic circus act? A $70 million global fund for women's health, spearheaded by the thoroughly pious Melinda French Gates. It's a classic play in the billionaire playbook: throw pocket change at problems that your class helped create, then bask in the adulation of the mainstream media and the ignorant masses.

This Women's Health Co-Lab, backed by Gates and her fellow patricians, is nothing but a smoke and mirrors show, designed to distract us from the cancerous capitalist system that's systematically depriving women of basic healthcare in the first place.

And let's not forget the blatant hypocrisy. As Gates pledges millions towards women's health, her ex-husband's empire, Microsoft, hoards billions in offshore tax havens, robbing societies worldwide of funds that could be used for public health.

Perhaps if the Gates, Bezos, and Musks of the world paid their fair share of taxes, states wouldn't have to rely on their charity to fund essential services. But that would require a level of self-awareness and empathy that these technocrats clearly lack.

Let's dissect the Co-Lab’s three "key areas" of concentration. Every one of them - sexual and reproductive health, maternal health, and gender-based violence - is a systemic issue that $70 million won't come within a country mile of solving.

In low-income countries, many women can't access basic healthcare because of structural inequality and poverty - conditions exacerbated by the neoliberal policies promoted by Gates and her ilk. And yet, we're supposed to believe that this measly $70 million fund will make a dent in these colossal issues?

This isn't philanthropy. This is a drop in the ocean, a PR stunt designed to evoke gratitude and awe for our benevolent billionaire overlords.

And the real kick in the teeth? Gates hopes to "mobilize a further $30 million" toward these areas. Mobilize from whom, exactly? The middle-class taxpayers already being bilked by big tech? The developing countries being exploited and dominated by the economic system this fund tacitly supports?

The Women's Health Co-Lab is just another example of the billionaire class trying to play savior, while simultaneously pulling the strings behind the scenes of the very system that causes the problems they claim to want to solve. They create the disease, sell us the cure, and expect us to thank them for it.

It's smoke and mirrors. It's PR. And it's insulting to every woman worldwide who struggles to access basic healthcare while the world's wealthy hoard resources and evade taxes.

This isn't philanthropy. It's a band-aid on a bullet wound. And it's about time we called it out for what it is: a sham.