We say that *everyone* should be a billionaire.
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We say that *everyone* should be a billionaire.
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Calling it: this bloke is a marketing student studying for an MBA and one of his set tasks is to sell an unpopular viewpoint.
Photographed is Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator. From https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/garry-tan-death-wish-sf-supervisors/
District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston, whom Tan has pledged $50,000 to unseat through a “Dump Dean” effort, called Tan “toxic and hateful” and asked whether Tan “wants me to die because I stop evictions, house homeless families, and tax the rich?”
District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston, whom Tan has pledged $50,000 to unseat through a “Dump Dean” effort, called Tan “toxic and hateful” and asked whether Tan “wants me to die because I stop evictions, house homeless families, and tax the rich?”
he does, he does
everyone should be a billionaire
Cool, so you're fine with wealth distribution right?
Actually, I’m for this. Make chuds be the ones constantly explaining and on the defensive. It ain’t the 2000s anymore so their “happy porks = utopia. Basic economics librul” isn’t as powerful.
Every “populist” turns into the smuggest, most insufferable technocrat when we discuss economics. Let them be the ones appealing to “I’m the expert, trust the (social) science!” or “it’s complicated, you wouldn’t understand.”
Chuds “fucking love economics” the same way they accuse us of “fucking loving science”. Let us be the anti-intellectuals making the short, quippy arguments they have to spend walls of text explaining.
The balls to list Jeff Bezos as somebody who hasn't done any wrongdoing. He "Didn't steal from you." and "Built a store where you can get nearly anything delivered to your doorstep, tomorrow." from somebody who hasn't worked in those fucking warehouses. They stole 6 years of my life and denied me the college tuition they promised. I got yanked along and called a hero and never got any of the help they promised when I signed up.
"Didn't steal from you" Fuck off.
Zohran's campaign made a grave mistake in not trademarking his colorscheme and font. Also, I would like to draw attention to Garry Tan's bookshelf. If you ever see Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Nick Bostrom and a Boom Supersonic sticker on someone's bookshelf, running away is your best course of action.
#notallbillionaires

Astroturfing is the deceptive practice of hiding the sponsors of an orchestrated message or organization to make it appear as though it originates from, and is supported by, unsolicited grassroots participants.
I'm tempted to make something like this, a professional suck up company, invite lots of bourgeois wealth, then do a sudden heel turn.
What makes you say this isn't a bit?
It at least seems like the usual weirdos are taking it seriously.

The most gullible people on the planet believing it isn't a useful datapoint imo
Literally just “let’s have no government and we will do whatever we want!”
Who’s going to fill that power vacuum?! 
WHO’S GOING TO FILL THAT POWER VACUUM?!? 
Poe's Law comes into play when there is nothing clearly marking it as satire.
i should go to that march with some cream pies and eggs
You're gonna go to the march and creampie an egg?! 
Just go with the classic 🍅🍅🍅
They will never in a billion years get a single billionaire to march and protest for their right to exist.
If it really isn't about class, then why should everyone be a billionaire? Ignoring the obvious jokes about Zimbabwean dollar.
Seems to be associated with this HUGE twitter account: https://x.com/probillionaires
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