return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 14 days agoZohran Mamdani says 'I don't think we should have billionaires'www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square411fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkZohran Mamdani says 'I don't think we should have billionaires'www.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square411fedilink
minus-squarelayzerjeyt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agowrong. you can buy a lot of political favors
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoMusk just spent 250 million to buy an entire presidential election. Is there any history of someone spending a whole billion on one?
minus-squarelayzerjeyt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoBut he paid $40B for twitter. $250M is the kind of bargain you only get after prior investment. (And I guess I found something an individual can buy for >$1B, which is even more reason to prohibit anyone from having this much money.)
wrong.
you can buy a lot of political favors
Musk just spent 250 million to buy an entire presidential election. Is there any history of someone spending a whole billion on one?
But he paid $40B for twitter. $250M is the kind of bargain you only get after prior investment.
(And I guess I found something an individual can buy for >$1B, which is even more reason to prohibit anyone from having this much money.)