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Prairie_Seagull

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5. One of the outcomes of which is

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2023, 10:24 AM

Sep 2023

Billionairs spending some of their wealth to directly effect global societies. Thumbs made of gold to put on scales around the globe. IMO if we allow this to continue it will only get worse and in larger and more insidious ways.

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30 yrs later, bottom 50% now have half the wealth they used to (#AdriftBook) [View all] applegrove Sep 2023 OP

And West Virginia went from reliably blue to deep red Zambero Sep 2023 #1

This is the source of every political problem we have today. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2023 #2

Yep. rubbersole Sep 2023 #3

I agree. Completely. shrike3 Sep 2023 #8

Isn't it 2% of a larger pie ? Not that that makes it better, the top few % benefit even more. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2023 #4

We do not have the data to say. Plus to be anyone in life you need applegrove Sep 2023 #7

One of the outcomes of which is Prairie_Seagull Sep 2023 #5

You mean like Elon Musk overriding the US DoD in Ukraine? DBoon Sep 2023 #6

Exactly. nt Prairie_Seagull Sep 2023 #9

This is the raison d'etre of the senseandsensibility Sep 2023 #10