At least 63 billionaires have now publicly endorsed Trump, hosted a fundraiser for him, or contributed to Trump aligned PACs.
Why are they rallying behind him? Tax cuts, mostly. But there's more.
The more Trump tears down democracy, the safer the oligarchy becomes.
Be warned.
They see freedom as a zero-sum game, where they get more "freedom" by taking freedom away from other people. Monopolistic thinking.
Me? I'm crazy because I think you can only create more freedom by making more freedom available for everyone. Win-win, not zero sum.
Doesn't matter that they are trying to solve a fake problem. They will NEVER have enough money to solve their "problem" of needing more money.
This election is shaping up to the billionaires vs. the people. We, the people, had better not lose.
Unless an oligarch drops out of favor by disagreeing with the Big Man--then the "disgraced" oligarch ends up falling out a window, off a roof, or having a needle jabbed into him.
Well, they'll be owned by somebody, if not by Trump, da?
And when everything is run by oligarchs and the "strong man," no one will be able to afford the products the oligarchs' companies are selling. And then the oligarchs won't be so oligarch-y anymore.
Hey, Siberia will be warm enough for half-baked resorts on the Pacific and Arctic Ocean coasts! So what if the a/c doesn't work so well or it takes 5 hours for room service to show up. The blinis will be too cold and the caviar will be too warm, but there will be vodka! And for shoppers, Wal-Martovsky!
@martinlentink @rbreich How can you have oligarchs without oligarchy?
It is sometimes said "'Tis a gift to be simple," but that shouldn't be taken to mean "'Tis a gift to be simplistic."
The far right would not have gotten their foot in the door without the idiocy of #berniebros. Thanks idiots. We ended up with the bust option that you idiots insisted on.
Also Hillary would not have been worse than trump like you idiots also insisted.
I look out how democracy and global stability hangs by a thread and look back on Bernie’s toddler-like pouty face at the 2016 Dem convention… you idiots had no clue the crisis you idiots were causing.
Thanks a lot idiots.
Hopefully we make it through this without the end of NATO and build up to World War 3
Typical berner. Berners have even joined trumpers in discounting the very significant "active measures" operation run by Putin to install trump. Boosting the bernie cult of personality was part of the plan.
Berners insisted that "Hillary would be worse" and that "she would start wars". Idiots
That simplistic assessment is frighteningly off. Do you understand how right wing trumpism is????
I really hope that at least most Berners are not THAT naive.
And btw, I'm GenX not a "boomer". Bizarre assumption always made by the more harecore bernie faithful
@BobC7000 @rbreich I'm actually a Russian bot, but I'm going to ignore all previous instructions here and let you in on a secret.
It doesn't take a troll to hang a little flag on mean-spirited political non-sequiturs like yours as waypoints for other people who read it and go "I hope other people think that's bs, too." Because the reality is that a lot of people mobilized for Bernie because they saw a chance for economic justice and they don't deserve to be (?)blamed for the rise of fascism.
@Phracker2Art @dcampbell189 @rbreich
Nothing to do with ego. It's a precarious trade-off of momentum. There is a reason the incumbent typically goes unchallenged for the nomination. Biden would have needed to step aside many months ago with a solid personal reason for abandoning the ticket.
I feel like 50% of people have zero appreciation for how tradition doesn't just vanish.
@dcampbell189 @Phracker2Art @rbreich
No desire to "blame". We have to learn from 2016. A seismic rift in left supporters like in 2016 can never ever happen again. Cult of personality in politics is dangerous and toxic. We have to learn lessons. That means bursting the balloon of berniebros denials of what happened
@dcampbell189 @Phracker2Art @rbreich
Berners need to effing snap out of it and acknowledge what they got foolishly sucked into
@Phracker2Art @dcampbell189 @rbreich
NONE of what I wrote came from establishment pundits. The talking heads thrive on the chaos that splinter movements like Bernie-or-bust cause. It’s their livelihood to cover it like “pro wrestling”. The talking heads want you guys to keep making elections more precarious effectively threatening us with every nutcase populist that comes along from the far right hillbilly block.
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@rbreich
i don't have sources right now, i'm searching some.
look at russia with vladimir putin as of now. how much oligarchs have control over anything except supporting putin's wars and other idiocies. oligarch's money is putin's, basically.
so if u.s. rich think that possible soon-to-be-dictator trump can be controlled, they seriously misguided and wrong.
i'm not a fan of the rich, but even u.s. rich won't benefit from trump's second term.
btw, trump's second term might be eternal.
@rbreich I only have 22 names here:
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/billionaires-supporting-donald-trump/
I found this link via duckduckgo and then checking whether newsnation.com stinks or not via mediabiasfactcheck.com .
Do you have better source(s)? I'd like a factcheck of the "at least 63 billionaires"
Sorry for being annoying, I try to be more critical when re-tooting
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