For scale, Congress' appropriation allocates as much in direct lethal aid assistance to #Ukraine for the whole of 2023 as Elon Musk lost in personal wealth on *checks notes* Tuesday.
@Pwnallthethings seems reasonable (itโ€™s not at all reasonable wtf this economic system is so broken)

@Pwnallthethings @quirkystreets When individuals become as rich as some nations democracies are at risk.
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There were good reasons for those high tax rates and all those other safeguards that have been systematically undermined over the last 40 years