swtyndall.notwhatwethinkSep 22, 2024
Show threadNicole ParsonsSep 22, 2024

@notwhatwethink

I still cannot fathom the kind of selfish greedy blindness of billionaires, who are women, POC, or Jewish, & who still fund Trump's GOP.

Miriam Adelson
Kanye West
Stephen Schwarzman
Bernie Marcus
Diane Hendricks
Linda McMahon
Elizabeth Uihlein
Kelly Loeffler

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-tax-plan-wealthy-corporations-oil-billionaires-musk-1235107554/

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bernie-shreds-billionaires-backing-trump-they-d-rather-give-up-democracy-than-take-a-hit-213481029702

https://www.forbes.com/sites/leokamin/2024/08/14/here-are-trumps-top-billionaire-donors/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/19/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-donald-trumps-2020-presidential-campaign/

https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/the-meeting-where-wall-street-billionaires-tripped-over-themselves-to-back-trump-20240617-p5jm8p.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2016/12/16/donald-trump-could-double-the-wealth-of-private-equity-billionaires-and-change-wall-street-forever/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/09/stephen-schwarzman-trump-nazis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/07/americas-first-black-billionaire-says-trump-economy-benefits-black-americans/

Trump’s Tax Plan Is Another Giant Boon for the Wealthy

Donald Trump’s tax cuts were a bonanza for Big Oil, big corporations, and the ultra-wealthy. Now they’re fighting to keep their windfalls — and more.

Rolling Stone
DidactylosSep 23, 2024
Show threadDP0

@Npars01 @notwhatwethink There is a saying in Germany: "Your last attire has no pockets."

After having collected a certain amount of wealth, there is actually no need to collect even more. Particularly if it is more than you can ever spend in your entire life. And even if you want to provide better opportunities for your children, fortunes ranging in the billions of dollars are insane.

In fact, it's not about wealth anymore. It's about power. Billionaires are the new aristocrats!

Sep 23, 2024 at 3:33pmMastodon for Android
Show threadStoneface VimesSep 23, 2024
@DP0 @Npars01 @notwhatwethink yes. We have it in Britain too - there are no pockets in a shroud.
Show threadhorenSep 24, 2024
@DP0 I would name them even oligarchs. The problem is the power they have.
The ITUC publication shows that Amazon, Tesla, Meta, ExxonMobil, Blackstone, Vanguard and Glencore are the corporations accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights.
Show threadexcited for the mastodon riseSep 24, 2024

@DP0 @Npars01 @notwhatwethink

And they want us all forced to kneel.

Show threadswtyndall.notwhatwethinkSep 24, 2024
@qkslvrwolf @DP0 @Npars01 Aren't they glorious and impressive, except...they can't escape their compulsion to make and have ever more. Sounds like a personal shortcoming/insecurity/addiction to me, and not something to be proud of.
Show threadJust TiredSep 24, 2024

@notwhatwethink

I think it's some kind of mental illness. I think there needs to be a treatment/cure, and I don't care if it takes all of their billions to find it. 😉

@qkslvrwolf @DP0 @Npars01

Show threadswtyndall.notwhatwethinkSep 26, 2024
@Just_Tired I'm all for that!!
Show threadswtyndall.notwhatwethinkSep 24, 2024
@DP0 @Npars01 Well put!! I would add that it's also about a subconscious need to pacify their insecurity and anxiety. It doesn't work but that doesn't stop them reflexively/compulsively from trying.
Show threadterag1e has MOVEDSep 24, 2024
@DP0 @Npars01 @notwhatwethink start calling them what they are - oligarchs
Show threadswtyndall.notwhatwethinkSep 24, 2024
@terag1e Good point!