Oof, that’s going to hit Trump right in his ego.
Please keep going with that strategy, Mark.
This is getting weird.
We have billionaires voicing their opinions on the presidential race in a way that hasn’t happened before.
This is important to pay attention to. The reason being is it’s a big club we aren’t in.
SuperPACS have gotta go and the us contribution limit should be lowered to $100 for every candidate for every year.
That’s kinda debatable.
Rockefeller alone accounted for as much as 3% of the US GDP at one point. That would be like 800 billion today. It’s difficult to just draw a straight line of inflation on his net worth from his height to today, because the economy has fundamentally changed since then. Partially because of how fucking ruthless of a motherfucker he was.
Imagine if all cars were electric, and Tesla was ultimately the only source of electricity for everything you own. And Elon basically said if you don’t vote for his guy he’ll shut off the lights. And had done exactly that before.
Rockefeller, and others like him, also purchased their fair share of elected officials and if you worked for them, it was understood you voted for the guy they wanted. Or there would be consequences.
As of 2024, U.S. billionaires collectively hold 3.8% of the country’s total wealth.
US billionaires now worth more than half the nation - USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/07/19/us-billionaires-worth-6t/74453346007/
So, it’s still a battle between Kamala and Putin then. Nothing’s changed?
That shitbag Elon “joked” again about assassinating Kamala Harris:
“I just call it the machine, [the] big government machine,” Musk told attendees of his church rally. “And when the Biden puppet was not working out, they got a new puppet. But it’s still the same machine, obviously,”
It’s like he hit adolescence in his late middle age, and is going through his edgy, “deep” phase. All he needs is some eye shadow, trench coat, and black fingernail polish.
It was a joke. He frames the Democratic establishment as puppets (to a wealthy donor elite), and calls her one of those puppets. “Assassinating a puppet is pointless" is what he said, in contrast to his belief that Trump is not a puppet.
Context matters. It’s a shitty joke, but one needs to fairly analyze what is being said here.
While this is true to a certain extent, it’s worth remembering that Musk is a naturalized citizen. The Constitution would have to change for him to actually become president. On the other hand, in the US, it seems money can buy anything these days, so, who knows…
