Because as long as the graft happens who gives a shit?
RealBigBossDP on
Billionaires are not that smart, they are opportunists and there’s nothing wrong with that. But to think they know better than anyone else is just dumb.
pistoffcynic on
So that they can get in on teh grift.
talinseven on
> He suggests two reasons:
>One is that no, competent allies weren’t available. Money buys a lot of influence, but to actually take over the U.S. government requires more than money — it requires politicians who are utterly corrupt . . . and corruption and incompetence go hand in hand.
> My second answer is that the vast wealth of tech billionaires has made many of them unconcerned with the little people’s lives — and deeply unpatriotic.
GreyBeardEng on
“it was just another form of control” -Neo
Riverix1981 on
Because they are easy to manipulate!
OldDog03 on
Because they needed a Lee Harvey Oswald.
Pourkinator on
It’s a simple as this: They have no loyalty to the United States of America, and instead are selfish cockstains. In Trump, they found a brother in arms, so to speak. The traitor will do anything it can do benefit them even at the expense of poor people’s lives, because we don’t matter.
Own-Opinion-2494 on
Elon says you need to be in the business of making the laws
InfiniteAlbatross950 on
This the easiest way to give out control information
QVRedit on
It’s never a good idea to do this – even though it might seem superficially appealing to Billionairs to ‘get their way’ it’s always backfires.
The best solution is to run the country as well as possible for the benefit of all of the people in it.
That leads to a wealthy, stable society.
An impoverished, unstable society is a recipe for disaster.
For instance, the USA should have ‘Universal Healthcare’.
PriscillaRain on
Because, no matter how bad this administration is they’re still making money.
snafuminder on
Krugman is a treasure!
mikesk57 on
I certainly hope this is referring to the Biden administration. None has been more incompetent.
Savings_Bee_6016 on
To get wealthier…. To take and take and take from all those pesky fellow Americans the need to fukn eat damn food. Such a bother…..
DissedFunction on
many americans still fall into the trap of nationalism (patriotism for USA) when in fact, oligarchs could give a damn about nationalism.
Nationalism is only a tool to invoke emotions in voters to get them to vote for a candidate the oligarchs support.
I don’t know if people have been around the uber wealthy but it’s true they are mostly not like us. Oligarchs are like modern day royalty. You are here to serve them: to work for them, to buy their stuff so they can make more money. Oligarchs do not care for you. You are the people that fight their wars.
Why would billionaires back trump? simple. Zionist billionaires backed the candidate most likely to support Bibi. Non zionist billionaires wanted the person who would be most likely to help them make even more money and keep even more of the money they make. Forget they are already billionaires, they want more because more isn’t even enough.
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Because as long as the graft happens who gives a shit?
Billionaires are not that smart, they are opportunists and there’s nothing wrong with that. But to think they know better than anyone else is just dumb.
So that they can get in on teh grift.
> He suggests two reasons:
>One is that no, competent allies weren’t available. Money buys a lot of influence, but to actually take over the U.S. government requires more than money — it requires politicians who are utterly corrupt . . . and corruption and incompetence go hand in hand.
> My second answer is that the vast wealth of tech billionaires has made many of them unconcerned with the little people’s lives — and deeply unpatriotic.
“it was just another form of control” -Neo
Because they are easy to manipulate!
Because they needed a Lee Harvey Oswald.
It’s a simple as this: They have no loyalty to the United States of America, and instead are selfish cockstains. In Trump, they found a brother in arms, so to speak. The traitor will do anything it can do benefit them even at the expense of poor people’s lives, because we don’t matter.
Elon says you need to be in the business of making the laws
This the easiest way to give out control information
It’s never a good idea to do this – even though it might seem superficially appealing to Billionairs to ‘get their way’ it’s always backfires.
The best solution is to run the country as well as possible for the benefit of all of the people in it.
That leads to a wealthy, stable society.
An impoverished, unstable society is a recipe for disaster.
For instance, the USA should have ‘Universal Healthcare’.
Because, no matter how bad this administration is they’re still making money.
Krugman is a treasure!
I certainly hope this is referring to the Biden administration. None has been more incompetent.
To get wealthier…. To take and take and take from all those pesky fellow Americans the need to fukn eat damn food. Such a bother…..
many americans still fall into the trap of nationalism (patriotism for USA) when in fact, oligarchs could give a damn about nationalism.
Nationalism is only a tool to invoke emotions in voters to get them to vote for a candidate the oligarchs support.
I don’t know if people have been around the uber wealthy but it’s true they are mostly not like us. Oligarchs are like modern day royalty. You are here to serve them: to work for them, to buy their stuff so they can make more money. Oligarchs do not care for you. You are the people that fight their wars.
Why would billionaires back trump? simple. Zionist billionaires backed the candidate most likely to support Bibi. Non zionist billionaires wanted the person who would be most likely to help them make even more money and keep even more of the money they make. Forget they are already billionaires, they want more because more isn’t even enough.