It does begin to seem clear that too much money can truly rot the soul. Musk has no core. Trump is lost. Both men suffer from the delusion that they are above the common person.
It does begin to seem clear that too much money can truly rot the soul. Musk has no core. Trump is lost. Both men suffer from the delusion that they are above the common person.
I hear you, but I believe these two would be just as terrible if they weren't wealthy. There are other wealthy people (Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift) who have used their wealth for good.
I find it interesting that the billionaire-philanthropist class appears to be all women: Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift and Melinda French Gates... at least, as far as I'm aware. Girl Power!
Please don't make this about gender when there is no correlation. All that is doing is turn people off from legitimate women's-rights causes.
There are generous people in both (and probably all other) genders, as well as horrible people in both.
To wit: Bill Gates. And Warren Buffet. And Conrad Prebys. And Doug Shiley. And I see your Taylor Swift and raise you a Paul McCartney.
And the reverse for women. Leona Helmsley of "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes" infamy comes to mind. Martha Stewart. Gislane Maxwell (and of course Jeffrey Epstein for a horrible man!)
And suddenly, both Parton and Swift are enemies to the right wing. How sad is that? I have someone on a facebook thread arguing that the IRS investment that let them recapture short remittances from millionaires and companies "hurts the lower earner". People really are deluded.
What kind of tortured logic could they possibly use to back up such an absurd statement? Or did they just hear it on Fox and are too lazy to question it?
It looks like they (and many others similarly situated) believe that the size of one’s bank accounts (and yes, crowd or viewership sizes) equate to a form of entitled intelligence, and by extension *deserved* power. This cannot end well for either of these evil blowhards — and I’m doing everything possible to help their demise happen. The quicker the better for the sake of our nation 🇺🇸
Taxing the rich is a good start. Dedicated action to break up monopolies and near-monopolies would also go a long way toward making ours a more egalitarian society, along with the continued rise of labor unions. I hope I live long enough to see some real progress there.
It does begin to seem clear that too much money can truly rot the soul. Musk has no core. Trump is lost. Both men suffer from the delusion that they are above the common person.
I hear you, but I believe these two would be just as terrible if they weren't wealthy. There are other wealthy people (Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift) who have used their wealth for good.
I find it interesting that the billionaire-philanthropist class appears to be all women: Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift and Melinda French Gates... at least, as far as I'm aware. Girl Power!
Mackenzie Scott. Laurene Powell. These women are going to save us all.
And the Spanx woman founder. Anyone noticing a pattern?
Please don't make this about gender when there is no correlation. All that is doing is turn people off from legitimate women's-rights causes.
There are generous people in both (and probably all other) genders, as well as horrible people in both.
To wit: Bill Gates. And Warren Buffet. And Conrad Prebys. And Doug Shiley. And I see your Taylor Swift and raise you a Paul McCartney.
And the reverse for women. Leona Helmsley of "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes" infamy comes to mind. Martha Stewart. Gislane Maxwell (and of course Jeffrey Epstein for a horrible man!)
And suddenly, both Parton and Swift are enemies to the right wing. How sad is that? I have someone on a facebook thread arguing that the IRS investment that let them recapture short remittances from millionaires and companies "hurts the lower earner". People really are deluded.
What kind of tortured logic could they possibly use to back up such an absurd statement? Or did they just hear it on Fox and are too lazy to question it?
They may have been just as terrible but the wealth they have makes them very dangerous in today’s media crazy world. They can buy platforms.
Just because they "can," doesn't mean they "will." Dolly Parton is a good person.
They would still be terrible but perhaps not as powerful, spreading and encouraging hate and all that it embodies.
It looks like they (and many others similarly situated) believe that the size of one’s bank accounts (and yes, crowd or viewership sizes) equate to a form of entitled intelligence, and by extension *deserved* power. This cannot end well for either of these evil blowhards — and I’m doing everything possible to help their demise happen. The quicker the better for the sake of our nation 🇺🇸
Taxing the rich is a good start. Dedicated action to break up monopolies and near-monopolies would also go a long way toward making ours a more egalitarian society, along with the continued rise of labor unions. I hope I live long enough to see some real progress there.
Also bigger taxes on inheritances. these guys did not earn their wealth, perhaps why they are even more insecure and dangerous
Or alternatively, tax inheritances as ordinary income.