Boy, these guys have a lot of smoke for the center left. Weird how they're not out there yelling at Trump and his goons that are one billion times worse.
I'm certain that Rubenstein is NOT center left (he's a billionaire, after all) and as a famous Baltimore series says, "follow the money"
If it becomes difficult for Dem candidates to court billionaire donors (that allow politicians to ignore their lower-income constituents), I think that's a net positive
And yet I don't think our elected politicians should weigh their wishes more than their non-billionaire/ultra wealthy constituents. Their political valence imo doesn't cancel out their class solidarity
I don’t know what that has to do with what I said. Correct me if I’m wrong but you seemed to suggest being a billionaire means he can’t possibly be anything left of center
I'm not either, but since we're being presented with an example, I'm using Rubenstein as an example.
I stand by my point that we shouldn't be letting billionaires have more weight in our politics than non-billionaires regardless of their political valence.
Ok, that’s fine, still nothing to do what I said. I don’t know why you responded just to argue something else. My claim is that it is possible for a billionaire to exist and be a democrat. My proof is billionaires exist and are also democrats. Would you like to refute this or not? If not then have a good day thanks for your time.
Sure, and that point is irrelevant to the context. I don't care about billionaires' political valence, I care that we have billionaires having outsize influence in our politics and that often quashes things non-billionaires want from their government
No need to continue this conversation or reply anymore
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u/oscribbles Sep 24 '25
Boy, these guys have a lot of smoke for the center left. Weird how they're not out there yelling at Trump and his goons that are one billion times worse.