Musk says he'll spend about $180 million to elect Trump.

They are the nation's two most powerful enemies of democracy (though Musk has some competition for second place) and, by extension, freedom of expression.

Everyone who buys a Tesla is supporting them.

Everyone who uses the deadbird site -- notably the journalists, who all know what they're doing -- is supporting them.

Don't pretend otherwise.

@dangillmor where's the dem billionaires

@shironeko @dangillmor

Apparently that much money rots all reason, taste, morality, and eventually, sanity. Judging by what those with money (mostly) wind up as.

@benroyce @shironeko @dangillmor
You don't get to have that much money by having morality or taste. Sanity and reason are optional, depending on how rich your parents are.

@Naich @shironeko @dangillmor

good point. correlation is not causation. in fact, you're saying the cause and effect is the other way around. i can see that

@benroyce @Naich @shironeko @dangillmor

Not necessarily, your original point has some data to back it up. UC Irvine Associate Professor Paul Piff has done quite a bit of research on the link between wealth/success and a lack of empathy, and he's shown some evidence that wealth causes empathy to go down - notably in rigged games of monopoly.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31761576

Does money make you mean?

What science can tell us about the corrupting influence of cash.

BBC News