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55 minutes ago, immamac said:

So this has been bothering me for the last month. People say Billionaires as if it's some huge list of people. Just list the actual billionaires every time who are benefiting directly from some policy or whatever is going on. 

When you frame it as "the billionaires" it makes them seem like some huge group of people. It's just a handful of mostly horrible and evil pieces of shit. 

Oligarchies indeed have a small number of ruling dickheads who should be stripped of all possessions and forced to wander the land forbidden help by any citizen.

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2 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Oligarchies indeed have a small number of ruling dickheads who should be stripped of all possessions and forced to wander the land forbidden help by any citizen.

There are less than 430 US Billionaires. 

Name them every time. 

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31 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Oligarchies indeed have a small number of ruling dickheads who should be stripped of all possessions and forced to wander the land forbidden help by any citizen.

What they really need is a constant reminder that the labor upon which their wealth is based can stop at any time.

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39 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

What they really need is a constant reminder that the labor upon which their wealth is based can stop at any time.

that would be a lot more attainable if the overwhelming labor model wasn't paycheck-to-paycheck

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2 hours ago, immamac said:

So this has been bothering me for the last month. People say Billionaires as if it's some huge list of people. Just list the actual billionaires every time who are benefiting directly from some policy or whatever is going on. 

When you frame it as "the billionaires" it makes them seem like some huge group of people. It's just a handful of mostly horrible and evil pieces of shit. 

According to Forbes, there are ~2550 billionaires in the world.

That makes up… does math…. 0.000000311% of the population. 
 

And they control roughly 3.3% of all individual wealth in the world.

Thats crazy.

 

 

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1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

What they really need is a constant reminder that the labor upon which their wealth is based can stop at any time.

If the labor does stop, who suffers more?  The billionaires or the labor?

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2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

All correct. However, we cannot assume she is 17 as it’s a 17U club she’s on. If she is 17 currently, I would like to wish her a happy 18th birthday. @Thatguy when might that be?

 

also, fairy boy is not the preferred nomenclature. 

Yeah she is 16.

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36 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

More importantly, they control 100% of the United States government.  That's the real fucking problem.  

Which is why I hate the Dutch!

Fuck those wooden shoe clad traitors and their tulip bulb Ponzi schemes!

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3 hours ago, immamac said:

So this has been bothering me for the last month. People say Billionaires as if it's some huge list of people. Just list the actual billionaires every time who are benefiting directly from some policy or whatever is going on. 

When you frame it as "the billionaires" it makes them seem like some huge group of people. It's just a handful of mostly horrible and evil pieces of shit. 

I don't disagree but was trying to come up with something that would fit on a bumper sticker.  Maybe replace "billionaire" with "E. Musk".  Dems need a simple relatable message to hammer over and over to the uneducated between now and midterms.

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4 hours ago, immamac said:

There are less than 430 US Billionaires. 

Name them every time. 

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Billionaires themselves are also wealthier, with two-thirds adding to their worth. The top 20 on the list gained the most, adding $700 billion to their combined worth since 2023. And the U.S. has a record 813 billionaires — the most of any country.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/forbes-list-of-the-worlds-billionaires-2024-more-than-ever-before-wealthier-arnault-elon-musk-jeff-bezos/

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1 hour ago, GenXer said:

The villain is Big Tech. Hammer away the message consistently now until July 2026. Big Tech controls you. Big Tech is stealing your money. Big Tech is stealing your freedom. Over and over. Big tech becomes this vague thing that is the reason for personal failures.

Too amorphous and survey results indicate most people like technology companies more than people leading them.  People like Tesla and Instagram but are wary of Musk and Zuckerberg.  
 

The other part that’s hard to square is, in general, surveys favor less regulation than more (on the companies themselves).  You’re better off making billionaires the villain.  My only qualm there is this has been a public issues for Dems since the 90’s at least and the fact it doesn’t resonate more might mean a) all the juice has been wrung out or b) it only works if you have someone really awesome selling it.  
 

That said, at least you’re trying an economic message, and the Dems HAVE to get back to pulling in a fair share of the working class.  

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13 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Too amorphous and survey results indicate most people like technology companies more than people leading them.  People like Tesla and Instagram but are wary of Musk and Zuckerberg.  
 

The other part that’s hard to square is, in general, surveys favor less regulation than more (on the companies themselves).  You’re better off making billionaires the villain.  My only qualm there is this has been a public issues for Dems since the 90’s at least and the fact it doesn’t resonate more might mean a) all the juice has been wrung out or b) it only works if you have someone really awesome selling it.  
 

That said, at least you’re trying an economic message, and the Dems HAVE to get back to pulling in a fair share of the working class.  

Make the billionaires the villain.  The blame-game has to be aimed at people, not ideas.

Use all the worst stories about them.  They don't have to be true.  In fact, ideally, they aren't true.  "Elon Musk had slaves."  "Elon Musk has stolen your private information and is selling it for profit."  DARE him to sue you, by the way.  Then.....DISCOVERY.  Into DOGE, Tesla....all of it.

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24 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Too amorphous and survey results indicate most people like technology companies more than people leading them.  People like Tesla and Instagram but are wary of Musk and Zuckerberg.  
 

The other part that’s hard to square is, in general, surveys favor less regulation than more (on the companies themselves).  You’re better off making billionaires the villain.  My only qualm there is this has been a public issues for Dems since the 90’s at least and the fact it doesn’t resonate more might mean a) all the juice has been wrung out or b) it only works if you have someone really awesome selling it.  
 

That said, at least you’re trying an economic message, and the Dems HAVE to get back to pulling in a fair share of the working class.  

The play is to splinter the OG maga from the tech bro maga.

Scare dems into voting because big tech is gonna steal your identity and take your social security. I’ve personally had my SSN stolen several years ago and some unknown big tech entity filed a false tax return for me without my knowledge. The IRS dedicates significant resources to combat this.

Making the villain an idea as opposed to one person makes the villain everlasting. Deep state, anyone?

Was the tesla survey taken recently? Doubtful.

 

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5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

They don't have to be true.  In fact, ideally, they aren't true

Nah, there’s plenty of meat without fabrication.  
 

If someone is checking my posting history they are going to have a deep sigh over yet another of my “I heard this on the Pivot podcast” recaps, but Scott Galloway’s quick and dirty analysis on the 2024 POTUS loss is that a lot of parents were seeing the impact of social media on the lives of their children and that heavily weighed into a vote for change.  
 

His quote was something to the effect of “social scientists 50 years from now are going to be shocked that we built software that so consistently delivers depression, increases the suicide rate of those who use it, allows rampant lies to be spread unchecked, including by automated bots and foreign actors who we know are antagonistic towards US interests, and the only, small effort to decency and good sense comes at the whim of billionaires who have no inner compass beyond profit.”  
 

Honestly, the beauty of 2025-2026 is you don’t have to make it about GM, or DuPont, PG&E, etc., these large corporations with boards and cogs and CEO’s in the shadows.  You can make it about Zuck, and Elon, and two of the most punchable faces in America.  

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34 minutes ago, GenXer said:

I’ve personally had my SSN stolen several years ago and some unknown big tech entity filed a false tax return for me without my knowledge. The IRS dedicates significant resources to combat this.

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47 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Make the billionaires the villain.  The blame-game has to be aimed at people, not ideas.

Use all the worst stories about them.  They don't have to be true.  In fact, ideally, they aren't true.  "Elon Musk had slaves."  "Elon Musk has stolen your private information and is selling it for profit."  DARE him to sue you, by the way.  Then.....DISCOVERY.  Into DOGE, Tesla....all of it.

 

32 minutes ago, GenXer said:

The play is to splinter the OG maga from the tech bro maga.

Scare dems into voting because big tech is gonna steal your identity and take your social security. I’ve personally had my SSN stolen several years ago and some unknown big tech entity filed a false tax return for me without my knowledge. The IRS dedicates significant resources to combat this.

Making the villain an idea as opposed to one person makes the villain everlasting. Deep state, anyone?

Was the tesla survey taken recently? Doubtful.

 

 

28 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Nah, there’s plenty of meat without fabrication.  
 

If someone is checking my posting history they are going to have a deep sigh over yet another of my “I heard this on the Pivot podcast” recaps, but Scott Galloway’s quick and dirty analysis on the 2024 POTUS loss is that a lot of parents were seeing the impact of social media on the lives of their children and that heavily weighed into a vote for change.  
 

His quote was something to the effect of “social scientists 50 years from now are going to be shocked that we built software that so consistently delivers depression, increases the suicide rate of those who use it, allows rampant lies to be spread unchecked, including by automated bots and foreign actors who we know are antagonistic towards US interests, and the only, small effort to decency and good sense comes at the whim of billionaires who have no inner compass beyond profit.”  
 

Honestly, the beauty of 2025-2026 is you don’t have to make it about GM, or DuPont, PG&E, etc., these large corporations with boards and cogs and CEO’s in the shadows.  You can make it about Zuck, and Elon, and two of the most punchable faces in America.  


Unlike the robber barons of the 1870’s to 1910’s, the tech baron bros of today do not control our raw materials used for buildings or transportation but the raw materials that fuel our economy today…. Attention.
Railroads networks? Try social networks.

Steel for infrastructure? Try Cloud services for internet infrastructure.

Oil for engines? Try AI search engines.

 Rapacious Wall Street financiers? Well…. Yeah. Seems to be a straight line. But also you’ve got so much more in hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital.

As bad as it was back then, democracy wasn’t threatened by controlling steel or trains or oil. 
But attention fuels democracy. The means of communication and the the distribution of information are vital for democracy to work. And they own that.

That’s what makes today so dire. 

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Posted
6 hours ago, immamac said:

There are less than 430 US Billionaires. 

Name them every time. 

That's still an astonishing number. When I was a little boy, there was a TV show called The Millionaire. And, of course there's

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A very funny moment in a surprisingly funny movie.

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3 hours ago, GenXer said:

Republicans create a villain leading into each election cycle - obamacare, CRT, DEI, socialism, trans, antifa, caravans - using their propaganda outlets. Once the villain is established in the minds of the gullible, they connect the villain to the democrat candidate.

Dems need to utilize the same play.

The villain is Big Tech. Hammer away the message consistently now until July 2026. Big Tech controls you. Big Tech is stealing your money. Big Tech is stealing your freedom. Over and over. Big tech becomes this vague thing that is the reason for personal failures.

In Jun 2026, introduce the slogan - Fight Big Tech

In Aug 2026, hang the big tech albatross around every republican neck. Musk is the low hanging fruit here.

They've already got the hater vote. They created the Hater Party. 

I hate them, but it doesn't really seem to do much good. I will, however, maintain the disposition.

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Who gives a shit about any policy that affects less than 1k people. Just do it, no one cares. Hell, they only pretend to care because their accountant tells them to or something. These people don't know wtf is even going on with their money. 

Posted
4 minutes ago, immamac said:

430 people is astonishing? That's not even a fucking auditorium. You can fit that in a 100ftx60ft room. 

If I were speaking of a football game, that's correct. It's not astonishing. I wasn't talking about the relative size of crowds.

You and I seem to miss on a lot of things when we converse. How many billionaires were there 40 years ago? I doubt the number of football fans have grown by the same multiple.

Written without rancor.

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Just now, RomaVicta said:

If I were speaking of a football game, that's correct. It's not astonishing. I wasn't talking about the relative size of crowds.

You and I seem to miss on a lot of things when we converse. How many billionaires were there 40 years ago? I doubt the number of football fans have grown by the same multiple.

Written without rancor.

Ah yeah the amount of capital they control is absolutely fucking mind bottling. 

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9 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

They've already got the hater vote. They created the Hater Party. 

I hate them, but it doesn't really seem to do much good. I will, however, maintain the disposition.

I’m not talking about hate. I’m talking about fear.

The message: Be afraid of ai; it’s manipulating you. Be afraid of robotics; it’s taking your job. Be afraid of cloud computing; it has all your data and is selling it. Fight big tech.

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18 minutes ago, immamac said:

430 people is astonishing? That's not even a fucking auditorium. You can fit that in a 100ftx60ft room. 

or a much smaller hole, if you use a wood chipper

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1 minute ago, GenXer said:

I’m not talking about hate. I’m talking about fear.

The message: Be afraid of ai; it’s manipulating you. Be afraid of robotics; it’s taking your job. Be afraid of cloud computing; it has all your data and is selling it. Fight big tech.

All that shit scares me. I'm with you.

Posted
41 minutes ago, immamac said:

430 people is astonishing? That's not even a fucking auditorium. You can fit that in a 100ftx60ft room. 

24 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Or 4.5 cattle cars 

Or shower.

 

There are the "good" billionaires like Buffet, Mackenzie Scott (Bezos's ex), Melinda Gates etc. who donate heavily to charitable causes. But Elon and the Koch brother are welcome to reconsider their life decisions.

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16 minutes ago, Superhero said:

Or shower.

 

There are the "good" billionaires like Buffet, Mackenzie Scott (Bezos's ex), Melinda Gates etc. who donate heavily to charitable causes. But Elon and the Koch brother are welcome to reconsider their life decisions.

I’m somewhat of an acquaintance of a tech billionaire. Very unassuming guy. He wouldn’t catch a second glance from anyone. He rang the bell on wall street twice as the founder of both companies. Hard to imagine he’s evil. He made his money and is retired. I’ve spoken with him on several occasions. He’s a genuinely nice guy.

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2 hours ago, GenXer said:

I’m somewhat of an acquaintance of a tech billionaire. Very unassuming guy. He wouldn’t catch a second glance from anyone. He rang the bell on wall street twice as the founder of both companies. Hard to imagine he’s evil. He made his money and is retired. I’ve spoken with him on several occasions. He’s a genuinely nice guy.

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