What is Power to Trump? â Money
Who has the most of it? â Musk
Indebted, lame duck President trying to stay out of jail, will rollover for Elon "I've got you by the short & curlies" Musk.
Citizen's United has reached it's zenith.
However, the honeymoon will end once the need for real governing begins. This divorce will be ugly.
I have to agree with the reply. Growing up in the SF Bay Area during the 50's and 60's, the Asian culture was very present. The WWII interment camps were closed only a few years prior and many returned to the Bay Area. The family was everything. Honour, trust and respect. How the generations took care of each other along with the calm respect it requires. I contrasted that with the other cultures also present. I concluded back then that the Asian way was the best way and tried my best to apply what I learned later as a parent. Not saying I succeeded but it was my role model for parenting.
Here Come The Anti-Woke Venture Capitalists As Silicon Valley leaders decry âwokeism,â a group called New Founding that says its âbirthright is to lead Western civilizationâ is among the firms building a new blueprint for VC â and billionaire Marc Andreessen is in.
Earlier this year, a little-known company called New Founding made headlines when it announced plans to build a Christian enclave in Kentucky â an âaligned community'â where owners could âdisappear from the cultural insanity of the broader country.â But building a village was just the beginning.
Now, New Founding has launched a venture capital fund to invest in what it calls âaligned companies,â startups that oppose progressive ideologies and are intent on both âcultural and economic disruption.â Itâs one of a small but growing number of VCs vocally rejecting âwokeismâ and building their investment thesis on core conservative values.
New Foundingâs investments are one tentpole of a broader goal: to remake society with a largely MAGA, tech-driven, Christian worldview. It decries leftists as âanti-human,â celebrates technology as a singular force that will define a new era of prosperity, loves crypto and sees the internet (âdeeply American in ethos and designâ) as a means to its ends. âOur project offers a powerful avenue,â a manifesto on its website published in July reads, âboth to develop the class of people who can ultimately challenge the incumbent regime and to acquire the resources, territory, and institutions that will enable this effort.â (...)
Good points. Given our capitalistic system, discouraging such wealth accumulation would seem out of reach, or at least something about which "we" can have no real impact. Encouraging philanthropy may be as close as we can come to any kind of meaningful change.
That, and taxing 100% of income over $1 billion at 100%.
I wonder sometimes if the US was always an oligarchy and I never noticed till now. The concept of wealth redistribution is not one I embrace. But given the outsized influence that billionaires seem to have on US politics, Iâm wondering if we should do something to discourage such wealth accumulation.
Good points. Given our capitalistic system, discouraging such wealth accumulation would seem out of reach, or at least something about which "we" can have no real impact. Encouraging philanthropy may be as close as we can come to any kind of meaningful change.
