I cannot fathom this.
Public Citizen @Public_Citizen
13 Sep 2021
Elon Musk got $150,800,000,000 richer during the pandemic. Jeff Bezos got $75,000,000,000 richer during the pandemic. Mark Zuckerberg got $74,200,000,000 richer during the pandemic. Meanwhile, over 38 million Americans faced hunger in 2020.

Sep 14, 2021 · 12:38 AM UTC

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The American dream becomes a nightmare?
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It's called owning controlling stock in a successful company. This is not like the McDuck vault or something.
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Tax the rich🌿
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Stir the pot, rile the masses.
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Did you really expect anything different? This behavior is reinforced by the system we live by. The moment trade for competitive advantage is established is the moment you allow this behavior. You can't have "good" capitalism
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I completely understand this - it is hugely predictable What I can't do is morally accept it, but when has that ever mattered?
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Why pretend that we don't know? CEOs are the disease...
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I'm not anti-success, I'm just more pro-equity.
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The value of their stock holdings increased that much. This was due to the massive amount of new dollars injected into the system using covid aimed at floating the stock market. It’s a rigged system, and the Federal Reserve rigs it along with the banks.
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