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erronis

(22,009 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2025, 03:59 PM Saturday

It's The Scale Of The Corruption, Stupid

https://digbysblog.net/2025/11/15/its-the-scale-of-the-corruption-stupid/

Now imagine Elon’s wealth:

No one should have a billion dollars. A single person having a trillion is an obscenity.

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It's The Scale Of The Corruption, Stupid (Original Post) erronis Saturday OP

Trump wants to be a trillionaire. Irish_Dem Saturday #1

This lame54 Saturday #2

I added the rest of Digby's post which shows 1 Trillion$s (Musk's paycheck). Trump lusts mightily. erronis Saturday #3

Michael Cohen, Trump's long time fixer, has said Trump wants to be a trillionaire. Irish_Dem Saturday #5

You can't take it with you dumbass, but you're gonna try... wcmagumba Saturday #4

It's a crime against humanity to have so much. dickthegrouch Saturday #6

Corruption is the golden thread crud Saturday #7

It might be argued that you can't succeed without being more corrupt than the other fellow. erronis Saturday #8

Irish_Dem

(78,021 posts)

1. Trump wants to be a trillionaire.

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2025, 04:01 PM

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And he is willing to loot the US and the world to do it.

lame54

(38,970 posts)

2. This

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Sat Nov 15, 2025, 04:02 PM

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erronis

(22,009 posts)

3. I added the rest of Digby's post which shows 1 Trillion$s (Musk's paycheck). Trump lusts mightily.

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Sat Nov 15, 2025, 04:03 PM

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Irish_Dem

(78,021 posts)

5. Michael Cohen, Trump's long time fixer, has said Trump wants to be a trillionaire.

Reply to erronis (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 15, 2025, 04:06 PM

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It is a long time goal and Cohen would know.

Yes it must have frosted Trump to see Musk get that money.
Trump wanted to be the world's first trillionaire.

wcmagumba

(5,209 posts)

4. You can't take it with you dumbass, but you're gonna try...

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Sat Nov 15, 2025, 04:04 PM

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dickthegrouch

(4,177 posts)

6. It's a crime against humanity to have so much.

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Sat Nov 15, 2025, 04:10 PM

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Obscenity doesn't even begin to cover it.

crud

(1,151 posts)

7. Corruption is the golden thread

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Sat Nov 15, 2025, 05:43 PM

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that runs through all of what they do...pull the thread on ballrooms, pull the thread on Supreme Court justices, pull it on mass deportation, pull it on Venezuela and you will find corruption at the core.

erronis

(22,009 posts)

8. It might be argued that you can't succeed without being more corrupt than the other fellow.

Reply to crud (Reply #7)

Sat Nov 15, 2025, 05:50 PM

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Counter examples exist but they are dwarfed by the already powerful who have learned the "ropes".

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