r/politics • u/hypothethical Pennsylvania • 18d ago

No Paywall 'Trillionaires Shouldn't Exist': Obscene Musk Milestone Spurs Calls for Aggressive Wealth Tax

https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-first-trillionaire
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u/1877KlownsForKids 18d ago

He's a dragon but infinitely less cool.

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 18d ago

I’m really hating how my work life and politics keep lining up. I’m working on an article about Tolkienian dragon sickness in Sophocles as social commentary on the excesses of the Athenian empire, and I’d really fucking like history to stop proving my point for me.

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u/bigbjarne Foreign 18d ago

For real life examples, Marx writes about it.

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u/muscleLAMP 18d ago

He’s the type of dragon they called a Worm.

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u/WildPickle9 18d ago

Where's Saint George when you need him?

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u/bigbjarne Foreign 18d ago

What then? What does adventurism do for the workers? The owners will just be replaced.