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gab13by13

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Tue Apr 22, 2025, 09:16 AM Tuesday

The Billionaires Plan To Escape From Us [View all]

“the principle that those with means have the right to walk away from the obligations of citizenship, especially taxes and burdensome regulation. Retooling and rebranding the old ambitions and privileges of empires, they dream of splintering governments and carving up the world into hyper-capitalist, democracy-free havens under the sole control of the supremely wealthy, protected by private mercenaries, serviced by AI robots and financed by cryptocurrencies.”

Naomi Klein.

The billionaires do not care about inflation, inflation is a gnat to them. Billionaires could care less about Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. As a once famous comedian put it, "they are in a club, and we're not invited."

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Such nasty old social Darwinists Gum Logger Tuesday #1
There are ways of... 2naSalit Tuesday #2
They clearly want to go medieval, so we should oblige. Maru Kitteh Tuesday #8
that's why musk needs all those kids... ret5hd Tuesday #3
Billionaires are not all on one team WSHazel Tuesday #4
Taxes are the price of civilization multigraincracker Tuesday #6
hey . a friend of mine would say that a lot. AllaN01Bear Tuesday #15
I agree WSHazel Tuesday #28
It was not that logical. We just had a stupid president born with a silver MadameButterfly Yesterday #40
Someone had to fund the deficits WSHazel Yesterday #41
The billionaires funded the propaganda that got all those votes, though. yardwork Tuesday #10
Trump, and Bannon, Miller and others, sold their voters retribution against the "elite" WSHazel Tuesday #30
I agree: If everyone knew the truth we wouldn't be in this situation MadameButterfly Yesterday #42
Nope Cirsium Tuesday #25
That is an inaccurate characterization of pre-17th century England and Europe as a whole WSHazel Tuesday #31
Whatever Cirsium Tuesday #32
I don't know where to start WSHazel Tuesday #34
Okey dokey Cirsium Tuesday #36
Interesting discussion between the two of you thucythucy Yesterday #39
Good post WSHazel Yesterday #43
Very good Cirsium Yesterday #44
No they won't, because they need us. Basso8vb Tuesday #5
Exactly...to say nothing of the fact they will actually have to pay a lot of their wealth to the government of the PortTack Tuesday #19
"they are in a club, and we're not invited." mdbl Tuesday #7
here you go bdamomma Tuesday #21
Them Iamscrewed Tuesday #9
Praxisnation[.]com ultralite001 Tuesday #11
'Rollerball' movie. nt wiggs Tuesday #12
they are in a club, and we're not invited patphil Tuesday #13
oops bdamomma Tuesday #22
He was a wise man. patphil Tuesday #29
Gone too soon bdamomma Tuesday #33
The oligarchy is international. hay rick Tuesday #14
The New Feudalism Auggie Tuesday #16
I have hoped they'll build Galt's Gulch somewhere inhospitable Warpy Tuesday #17
The billionaires have private enclaves in New Zealand. rubbersole Tuesday #18
Too damn much money does that to a person. I can think of no deeper Hell than only having the super rich Beowulf42 Tuesday #20
Tax them into millionaire status. Bluethroughu Tuesday #23
This is from a Guardian opinion a few days ago titled The Rise of End Times Fascism Ponietz Tuesday #24
The billionaires have decided I don't really need my pittance of a social security check Walleye Tuesday #26
Maybe instead of us turning out like gab13by13 Tuesday #27
Extraordinary book by Douglas Rushkoff -- Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires Hekate Tuesday #35
Yep. Selfish dumbasses. flying rabbit Tuesday #37
it's "couldn't care less" Skittles Yesterday #38
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