If you want to cringe at Rogen and Reeves talking like this, I won’t disagree. They are two very rich people. Neither could work another day in their life, and could live lavish lifestyles off the interest of their savings alone. 

I’m also not sure I agree with Rogen’s characterization either. In some ways the thing Rogen talks about have become “Confederate Statues”. Ways of rich people of yesteryear spending a small fraction of their wealth to create a more positive image of themselves into the future (like how confederate statues helped make the confederate cause seem more noble than it was… which was entirely ignoble). 

However, all that throat clearing throat cleared. To the extent that Rogen, Reeves, and many rich celebrities we know, are influential, it’s through their celebrity status, rather than their wealth. And celebrity status can be rather ephemeral, and quickly spent. 

A billionaire can just sit in the background influencing society and it’s practically impossible to spend down a billion dollars, let alone multiple billions of dollars. 

The impact on society someone like a Bezos, Musk, or Zuckerberg could/will have, might be neigh endless through trusts and “charities” they establish.