Eleanor SaittaJan 30

Huh. So Ronald Lauder, the billionaire who owns Estee Lauder, is apparently the guy who convinced Trump that he should destroy NATO by invading Greenland.

Maybe don't buy shit from them? Here's a convenient list of their brands: https://www.elcompanies.com/en/our-brands

And sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Lauder
http://web.archive.org/web/20251107131250/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/politics/trump-greenland.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/ronald-lauder-billionaire-donor-donald-trump-ukraine-greenland

Show threadNagaramJan 31

@dymaxion
A makeup industry billionaire?

Is there a lot of petroleum in make up?

Show threadEleanor SaittaJan 31
@Nagaram
Genuinely trying to figure out if this is snark or you're just so detached from society that you have no idea how much money is spent on clothing and makeup (and about the structures of social pressure around it). Not sure I want the answer, though.
Show threadNagaram

@dymaxion

Genuinely, just hadn't thought about oil inside of beauty products.

Hindsight it should have been obvious.

I never doubted that they were billionaires because of make up.

Feb 1 at 3:23amWeb