[thread 4/x] Existential threat of billionaires
parent: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112810230899017402
#billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #DarkMoney #DemocracyInChains
#GOP #RepublicanParty #fascism #Trump2 #Trumpism
#capitalism #corporations #libertarianism
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture
#SocialDemocracy #socialism #sustainability
[Canada] Protecting Canadian sovereignty f. U.S. Oligarchs
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/30/Protecting-Canada-US-Oligarchs/
* 2024 Trump calls Canada 51st state
* 2023 Tucker Carlson: U.S. should send armed forces to "liberate" Canada
* 2022 U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert: ditto re: 2022 Freedom Convoy uprising
* sophisticated strategy enlists support of compliant Canadians
* Am. dark-money n/w funds Canadian think tanks
* U.S.-owned industries backing Canadian lobby campaigns
* Am. hedge fund owns major chain of Cdn newspapers
/1 Attacks on Canada’s civic solidarity deliberate/well-devised
* Promote discredited views on
vaccines
climate change
labor rights
medicare
publ. education
Indigenous rights
fair taxation
* Fanatical opposition to
policies protecting environment
fighting climate change
* American-owned Postmedia leads daily assault on Canada’s most defining laws/principles
Charter of Rights & Freedoms
medicare
reconciliation/tolerance/commitment to inclusion
Bernie Sanders: Amazon Accepts Worker Injuries as Cost of Doing Business
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/bernie-sanders-amazon-business
* Jeff Bezos wealth approaching $1/4 TRILLION
* m/w Amazon warehouse injuries 30% above industry average
* notoriously anti-union
https://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-bezos
* 2024-Dec-31: $235B (#2 in world; Musk $428B) 🤨 🤬
#Amazon #AMZN #corporations #CorporateGreed #profiteering #CorporateEthics #CorporateSlavery
#billionaires #JeffBezos #Bezos #oligarchy #plutocracy #meritocracy #WealthTax
#unions #WorkersRights
Elon Musk Completes Evolution as Far-Right Troll w. New X Profile
https://newrepublic.com/post/189752/elon-musk-far-right-troll-x-profile-change-pepe-frog
ADL Adds Pepe the Frog meme to Hate Symbols DB
https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/adl-adds-pepe-frog-meme-used-anti-semites-and-racists-online-hate-symbols
* used by anti-Semites/racists
#billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #capitalism
#ElonMusk #Musk #troll #InternetTroll #Kekius #transphobia #racism #WhiteSupremacy
#X_corp #Twitter #meme #Pepe #PepeFrog #HateSpeech #ADL
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #RepublicanParty #fascism #authoritarianism #DOGE
#Christofascism #transgenocide
Did Elon Musk Use His Burner Account to Win MAGA Immigration Feud?
https://newrepublic.com/post/189715/elon-musk-alleged-burner-account-maga-feud-loomer-immigration
* Musk’s alleged burner account: Adrian Dittman
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113748931852859440
#billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #capitalism
#ElonMusk #Musk aka #AdrianDittman aka #Kekius
#troll #InternetTroll #transphobia #racism #WhiteSupremacy
#X_corp #Twitter #meme #Pepe #PepeFrog #HateSpeech #ADL
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #RepublicanParty #fascism #authoritarianism #DOGE
#Christofascism #transgenocide
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer: MAGA civil war explodes over "king" Elon Musk
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/31/ally-loomer-says-trumpworld-scared-of-crossing-king-elon-musk-as-maga-civil-explodes
* Steve Bannon blasted Musk as "toddler" not "tough enough" to battle MAGA
"You fucking deserve it." Don Lemon mocks MAGA blindsided by Trump backing Musk
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/31/you-fking-deserve-it-mocks-dumb-maga-fans-blindsided-by-backing-musk-visa-push
#billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy
#ElonMusk #Musk #InternetTroll #transphobia #racism #racism
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #MAGA #fascism #authoritarianism #LauraLoomer #DonLemon
#Christofascism #transgenocide
2024 Billionaire Round-Up
https://inequality.org/article/2024-billionaire-round-up
* great year for U.S. billionaires
* combined wealth incr. $1 trillion over last 9 mo. to $6.72 trillion at end of 2024
* 15 U.S. billionaires w. $100B+ ea.
* combined wealth $2.4 trillion
* top 5 billionaires/individual wealth
Elon Musk $428B ($252.5B Sep 2024)
Jeff Bezos $235B
Larry Ellison $210B
Mark Zuckerberg $204B
Larry Page $158B
#billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #inequality #meritocracy #fascism #WealthTax #WealthConcentration
Musk helped Trump win. Now he’s looking at Europe; many politicians alarmed
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-europe-politics-germany-uk-f50d69d0d192a2d81c95f5d64c6d4acd
Musk ascends as political threat beyond his wealth
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113682140971438414
Musk throws support behind German extremist far-right AfD
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113686441530193055
Musk Doubles Down on Support German Ultra-Right AfD
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113687638348201692
#USpol #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism
#GermanPol #AfD #FarRight
#ElonMusk #billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #WealthTax #ForeignIntervention
Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win reelection, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe. That is setting off alarm bells among politicians across the continent. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany, demanded the release of jailed U.K. anti-Islam extremist Tommy Robinson and called British Prime Minister Keir Starmer an evil tyrant. Many European politicians have been left concerned by the attention. Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis says Musk’s behavior is “troubling," while Starmer has condemned online "lies and misinformation." Loughborough University politics professor Andrew Chadwick says Musk is using X “a bit like an old-style newspaper mogul,” to promulgate his political views.
Elon Musk on a tear as he shakes up politics in Europe. What's his endgame?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/musk-europe-uk-social-media-accusations-1.7424791
* having the ear of Trump not enough
* trashing Left/Right European politicians
* posts on X disrupting politics across continent
* smeared Britain’s prime minister
* other European leaders in his sights
#USpol #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #libertaranism
#EurPol #UKpol #GermanPol #AfD #FarRight
#ElonMusk #billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #WealthTax #ForeignIntervention
Not content with having the ear of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk has been trashing European politicians on both the left and right, and using posts on his social media platform, X, to disrupt politics across the continent.
European Leaders Already Sick of Trump
https://newrepublic.com/post/189990/trump-europe-france-greenland
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113790256558578933
* France's foreign minister warns Trump to stop talking about annexing/invading Greenland
* antagonizing allies typical Trump2 start
* esp. NATO members: Denmark incr. defense spending as Trump demanded
* threatens to annex Canada
* angered Panama’s president w. claim to Panama Canal
#USpol #jingoism #Trump2 #GOP #authoritarianism
#InternationalRelations #nationalism #sovereignty #Greenland #Canada #Europe
[thread] Billionaire Gina Rinehart
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113799013770029126
* Australia's richest person
* supporter of Donald Trump
#Australia #billionaires #ResourcePlundering #capitalism #corporations #CorporateCorruption #WealtTax #RareEarth #minerals #mining #Trumpism
Billionaires, loyalists provide Trump2 power
https://theconversation.com/billionaires-and-loyalists-will-provide-trump-with-muscle-during-his-second-term-246863
* Meta abandoning fact-checking illustrate importance of Trumpist billionaires
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113766048123051472
* Trump appointing people compromised by extremist politics, sex crimes
* signals plans to dismantle institutional guardrails
* reassert Am. supremacy in int'l affairs, w. mil. force if needed
* tapped 13 billionaires
* oligarchic disposition to brandish money as a weapon in diplomatic arena
“An Oligarchy Is Taking Shape”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/joe-biden-farewell-speech-warns-about-oligarchy
non-paywalled: https://archive.fo/4AZqa
* Biden farewell address/warning
#billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #DarkMoney #DemocracyInChains
#GOP #RepublicanParty #fascism #Trump2 #Trumpism
#Biden #capitalism #corporations #libertarianism
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture
#SocialDemocracy #socialism #sustainability
Trumps launch cryptocurrencies ahead of inauguration setting off ethical alarms
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/melania-meme-coin-1.7435916
* Melania launched her own cryptocurrency 2025-Jan-19
* 1d after D.T.'s own coin launch
* ethical concerns
#billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy
#GOP #RepublicanParty #fascism #Trump2 #Trumpism #profiteering
#capitalism #corporations #libertarianism #billionaires #cryptocurrency
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture
#SocialDemocracy #socialism #sustainability
Melania Trump launched her own cryptocurrency Sunday on the eve of her husband's presidential inauguration, just a day after his own coin was launched. The moves are raising ethical concerns among crypto industry observers.
Musk fascist salute at Trump2 inaugural podium
https://www.politico.com/video/2025/01/20/watch-musk-salutes-trump-inauguration-crowd-1497248
Elon Musk draws scrutiny w. Nazi hand gestures
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/musk-nazi-salute-trump-1.7436957
* backs far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)
* anti-immigration, anti-Islamic extremist party
#billionaires #ElonMusk #Nazism #xenophobia #whiteSupremacism
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#TitleIX #antiLGBT #transphobia
#misogyny #sexism #HegemonicMasculinity #ToxicMasculinity
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #transgenocide
/1 Neo-Nazis rejoice over Musk’s Nazi salute at Trump2 inauguration
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/neo-nazis-rejoice-over-elon-musks-nazi-salute-at-donald-trumps-inauguration-celebration
"We are so back," wrote on well-known Holocaust denier
“We Are Back!” Proud Boys March in D.C.
https://truthout.org/articles/we-are-back-proud-boys-march-in-dc-celebrating-trumps-inauguration
#billionaires #ElonMusk #Nazism #NeoNazism #xenophobia #whiteSupremacism
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#TitleIX #antiLGBT #transphobia
#misogyny #sexism #HegemonicMasculinity #ToxicMasculinity
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #transgenocide
/2 "It was a Nazi salute." Historian dismisses Musk's fascist salute
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/21/it-was-a-nazi-salute-historian-dismisses-claim-that-musks-raised-arm-was-mere-awkward-gesture
"Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute" -- Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ben-Ghiat
Musk’s Estranged trans Daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson Condemns Inauguration Salute
https://www.them.us/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-estranged-trans-daughter-elon-musk-inauguration-salute
#RuthBenGhiat
#billionaires #ElonMusk #NeoNazism #whiteSupremacism
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#HegemonicMasculinity #ToxicMasculinity
#Christofascism #transgenocide
Take That Nazi Salute Seriously
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/23/take-that-nazi-salute-seriously
* tech billionaire Elon Musk threw Nazi salute dur. Trump2 inauguration
* then repeated that gesture
* Trump/MAGA/GOP relentless offensiveness convenient smokescreen for greed-driven/hate-fueled policy changes
* but that Nazi salute deserves our attention
* any public figure/gov't appointee making anything remotely resembling a Nazi salute should be immed. forced to resign/barred f. power
...
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* in classic example of head-spinning surrealism of our time, Anti-Defamation League made bafflingly conciliatory social post on X [yes X] justifying Musk’s gesture
* deeply disturb. sign of pervasive fear/cowardice, or greed/self-interest causing everyone f. business moguls to media outlets to cower before Trump
* we do not need to endure another 4 yrs of this escalating violence/hatred
* other options besides waiting for an election to hold Trump2 admin. accountable
...
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* impeachment [again!]
* Trump: convicted felon guilty of 34 counts rel. to concealing payouts/bribes
* corrupt, self-serving liar
* policies an offense to decency; a threat to human life
* pardoned 1,500 people who violently stormed U.S. Capitol Building in attempt to seize power after Trump repeatedly lied about winning 2020 election
...
#USpol #GOP #MAGA
#Trump2 #fascism #Project2025 #Musk
#authoritarianism #extremism #insurrection
#ChristianRight #antiLGBT
#Christofascism #transgenocide
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If we want to prevent a Nazi/fascist gesture f. becoming a
repetition of one of the bleakest periods of human history, the citizens
and residents of the U.S. must take seriously our moral responsibility to
oust this regime and its leader.
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113873400294677662
#USpol #USlaw #GOP #Trump2 #SCOTUS #fascism #antiLGBT
#authoritarianism #Project2025
#DarkMoney #StatePolicyNetwork #LeonardLeo #ALEC #ModelActs
#capitalism #billionaires #Musk
#Christofascism #misogyny #transgenocide #WomensRights
Netanyahu: Musk's Most Outrageous Ally Over Nazi Salute
https://newrepublic.com/post/190584/elon-musk-benjamin-netanyahu-salute-defend
* Musk did fascist salute 2x dur. Trump2 inauguration celebration
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to Elon Musk’s defense
* white supremacist Hitler fan Nick Fuentes has called for a “holy war” against Jews
* referred to Musk’s salute as “straight up like ‘Sieg Heil’” w. “loving Hitler energy”
#Trump #GOP #fascism #Musk #NickFuentes #Natanyahu #genocide #WarCrimes
#Christofascism #transgenocide
Elon Musk, Nazi accusations, & ADL
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/elon-musk-nazi-accusations-and-the-adl-1.7440071
* Anti-Defamation League, founded to combat anti-Semitism
* defendedMusk/neoNazi salute
* Musk prev. threatened to sue ADL
* Mari Cohen covers evolving relationship betw. Musk/ADL for Jewish Currents
#ADL #sycophantism #Israel
#Gaza #Palestine #genocide #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #ICJ
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025 #disinformation
#billionaires #Musk #neoNazi
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights
Trump State Dept. Reportedly Halts All Foreign Aid — Except to Israel and Egypt
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-state-dept-reportedly-halts-all-foreign-aid-except-to-israel-and-egypt
Poss. related?
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113881224577078029
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113884590771247094
#ADL #sycophantism #Israel
#Gaza #Palestine #genocide #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #ICJ
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025 #disinformation #antLGBT
#GlobalConservatism #neocolonialism
#billionaires #Musk #neoNazism
#Christofascism #ChristianRight #whiteSupremacy #transgenocide
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #TitleIX #misogyny
Fight the Rich
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/27/fight-the-rich
* declare war on rich
* need to build organized/unified movement of working people
* goals:
radical change
bring down the billionaires/capitalism 👍️ 🥳 🥊
https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf
#billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #DarkMoney #DemocracyInChains
#GOP #RepublicanParty #fascism #Trump2 #Trumpism
#capitalism #corporations #libertarianism
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture
#SocialDemocracy #socialism #sustainability
State capture: Unelected Billionaire Musk Seizes Control at Treasury Dept/Other Agencies
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/3/elon_musk_gov
* asserting control over U.S. bureaucracy/ sens. comp. systems despite clear authority
* highest-ranking career official at Treasury Dept. pushed out after refusing to hand over keys to entire U.S. gov't payment system
...
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #autocracy
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #ElonMusk #libertarianism #oligarchy #meritocracy
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and unelected adviser to President Donald Trump, is asserting control over much of the federal bureaucracy and sensitive government computer systems despite lacking clear authority. The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department was pushed out after refusing to hand Musk’s team the keys to the government’s entire payment system and the $6 trillion in payments the system processes annually, including Social Security checks, tax refunds and Medicare benefits. Musk and his team have also seized control at the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration, key institutions that function as the central nervous system of the U.S. government. “In any other situation, this would be called state capture, and people around the world would be condemning it,” says Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid, who writes in a new blog post that Elon Musk is staging a coup. We also speak with Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, who warns that Musk could be laying the groundwork for major tax cuts Republicans have promised that will disproportionately benefit corporations and wealthy people like him. “Elon Musk is going to pay for his tax cut with your Social Security,” says Owens.
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* Musk seized control at Office of Personnel Management | General Services Administration
* key institutions that function as central nervous system of U.S. gov.
* laying groundwork for major tax cuts disproportionately benefiting corporations/oligarchs
“Musk is going to pay for his tax cut with your Social Security”
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #autocracy
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #ElonMusk #libertarianism #oligarchy #meritocracy #plutocracy
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Will Musk Do to U.S. Federal Gov't What He Did to Twitter?
https://newrepublic.com/article/191037/elon-musk-destroy-federal-government
* unchecked/unelected oligarch Elon Musk yanking wires out of machinery that powers American life
Musk’s Crusade to Shut Down USAID
https://newrepublic.com/post/191048/elon-musk-shut-down-federal-agency-usaid
* Trump2 advisor Musk escalates his war to gut federal government
#USAID
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #autocracy #DOGE
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #ElonMusk #libertarianism #oligarchy #meritocracy #plutocracy
/3 “Extraordinarily Dangerous.” Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Demands Answers Over Musk’s Access to U.S. Treasury
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-federal-payments-system-elizabeth-warren-social-security-numbers
* senator warned Trump could weaponize Treasury data, punish political opponents
Elon Musk Installs Illegal Server to Seize All Federal Workers’ Data
https://newrepublic.com/post/191075/elon-musk-power-grab-server-federal-worker-data
* Musk’s DOGE henchmen helping him make most terrifying power grab yet
https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/100000-for-control-of-the-government
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/
* inexperienced 20-somethings playing key role in U.S. gov't takeover
We tried that in the 1930s
To quote the billionaire Warren Buffet;
"The class war is over and the rich had won"
But I'm down for it!
And more importantly, as AOC pointed out, there's no need to lend any credibility or good faith to those who quibble otherwise.
Was he sincere? Trolling? Doesn't matter; anti-racists don't troll as racists.
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️
Wulfy—Speaker to the machines
contrasocial
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