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gordondaviesmoustache said:
Was having this conversation the other day. What harm would it do them to have half their wealth taken off them? Really?

In reality it would mean fuck all to them.
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To your point 'even' someone worth say £250 million with a comical unrealistically conservative investment approach would still need to get through about £300k a week in expenditure just to dispose of their interest. When we get onto billionaires it's another game altogether.

Its interesting what the extremely wealthy spend their money on, as they can only spend the tiniest fraction on material comfort, so they spend it accumulating more wealth and they will splurge on initiatives to gain power and influence to allow them to do so unfettered and/or in some cases to extend their direct sphere of control. It's a pretty destructive feedback loop in terms of democracy.

We're at the point where in 2024 billionaire wealth increased by $2 trillion in 12 months. To put that in context that number is bigger than over 80% of the national GDPs across the planet. This is not sustainable if we want to live in anything that look even remotely like democracies.

The only way that changes is if enough people make it clear to governments that not only do they demand they do something about it but also that they will have their backs if they choose to try do something. Unless and until the private armies of the wealthy are more powerful than nation state ones this is a fixable problem. That said the other dangerous model is capture by private individuals of state infrastructure a la Palantir. Again though I think it's probably fixable.

There's still a window to address this but it's closing and if it does it won't be the politicians fault, it'll be ours. We get the politicians we deserve.
 
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The blue phantom said:
Most expensive primary in History tomorrow.

95% of Ed Gallreins funding has come from Pro Israeli lobby groups, they are going all out to beat Massie as he's so outspoken on Israel and Trump.

Massie had a huge lead in the polls but now it seems his opposition has gone in front.

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What happened to freedom of speech. Seems that it’s not about one’s conviction, just about one’s funding.
 
The blue phantom said:
Most expensive primary in History tomorrow.

95% of Ed Gallreins funding has come from Pro Israeli lobby groups, they are going all out to beat Massie as he's so outspoken on Israel and Trump.

Massie had a huge lead in the polls but now it seems his opposition has gone in front.

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Forgive my ignorance (or stupidity), but why does more funding mean higher ratings in polls?

I get there will be more ads, posters, etc, but does that really sway people that much?
 
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