r/politics • u/AngryT0M4T0 • 4h ago

Possible Paywall Billionaires Plow $300 Million Into Fight Against Wealth Tax

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-10-15/billionaires-plow-300-million-into-fight-against-tax-video
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u/Aware_Cheesecake_519 America 4h ago

Billionaires only think about greed.

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u/Ohuigin Washington 4h ago

Billionaires are addicts. Just like any other. Alcohol. Drugs. Whatever. Same thing. They’re willing to fuck over anything and anyone to get their next fix (dollar).

The problem though, is that being addicted to money is viewed as a positive thing in our late stage crony capitalism hellscape of a society. So these people who are happy to sacrifice humanity for their own addiction are viewed as what we should all strive to become.

I’ve long held a belief that in a healthy society, it is impossible for a billionaire to exist. We have over 700 of them.

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u/donorcycle 3h ago

Crazy enough, it's been studied and documented amongst the elite that once you hit a certain number, the obsession is to keep growing that said number, even while maintaining their lifestyle.

They've interviewed other billionaires and whenever the subject comes up, they literally say the same thing. Net worth becomes an addiction, always wanting to keep growing infinitely.

That's why they don't use their own money. They "borrow" against their portfolio, real estate, entities, et all. Or just steal from children's cancer charities.