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Two Old Misers Count Their Money

Two Old Misers Count Their Money

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Virginia Heffernan
Aug 15, 2024
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Harris and Walz show support for labor during campaign stop at UAW hall in  Wayne - WDET 101.9 FM
VP Kamala Harris with Shawn Fain, head of the United Auto Workers, which is suing disgraced robber barons Donald Trump and Elon Musk for attempting to intimidate and threaten workers.

We might have guessed that the rapid ascent of Silicon Valley oligarchs over the past 15 years would eventually land hypercapitalists J.D. Vance, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk—who command some $230 billion among them—on the far right. Only in the safe spaces of the Dark Enlightenment can they uninterruptedly revere themselves as gods, and remind each other that they don’t owe no one nothin’—least of all their fellow Americans. 

This of course is also the side of Donald Trump.

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