billionaires do not rule - eviltoast
  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    20 days ago

    I don’t really understand how billionaires keep kissing his ring either. Do they not know what happens to oligarchs when the fascist takes power? Window jumping, polonium tea and tortured jail time are serious options if they don’t continue to kiss the ring. Putin is trump’s hero, so you don’t have to look far to see what’s in their future.

    He’s taking 15% of all sales on chips to China “for the government.” Come on guys, look around.

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        20 days ago

        I don’t think so.

        I think that, via Israel or the Epstein files, he just has the dirt on literally everyone. That Donald has the US military and intelligence machine is probably fairly motivational.

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      I wish you were right. Just look at Germany - the biggest companies that got even richer during the so-called 3rd Reich? Most of them still exist. No change.

      It’s not a 1:1 comparison of course, tech broligarchs aspire to even more for one, but still - short of a full-scale revolution* there’s no reason to assume they’ll lose (a lot) if Trump loses.

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      The 15% is not coming directly from them so they care “less”. So they lay off a few people, it’s not their direct money.

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        20 days ago

        Having the government take a company’s money and it not be a fine or taxes, is very North Korea of the republicans.

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      20 days ago

      The other option would be communism, at least according to lefties’ theory, so they take the risk.