Been idly compiling a “billionaire political ideologies” dossier (Koch, Soros, Mercer, Thiel...) Starting to think billionaire-vs-billionaire is not the best way for a society to do its political thinking How do you advance political thought without billionaire $ fueling it?
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Don’t forget, trumpism may be “populist” but it’s entirely billionaire created. Vertical horseshoe theory. Fuck-you rich and hopeless poor vs middle class with a reason to keep up a civil society, since they can’t afford private islands, but don’t want slums either
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Billionaire created, like by Trump himself? Trump is just the most successful of the wave of populists -- Le Pen, Corbyn, Sanders, Brexiters, Modi -- and is the only rich one
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Huh? See a lot of elites hanging out on Alex Jones? Trump rode the Koch brothers out of the controlling class of the GOP. Ironically, the Kochs' long-running institution bankrolling (Cato, American Heritage, etc) saved them. Few Trumpy cabinet members & no junior / senior staff
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to your original question, making progress (in any direction) without billionaire $ = figuring out how to bankroll institutions without billionaire $
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