Democrats who attack the rich do better in elections. The party should take notice | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara
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To defeat Trumpism, progressives must crib from FDR’s book and call out economic inequality and plutocracy
  • 5too@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    7 months ago

    I think they hate the “generic billionaire”, but are they any actual billionaires they hate?

    • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
      52·
      7 months ago

      Bill Gates and George Soros are a pretty obvious examples.

      The only notable counter-examples are rich celebrities that give them permission to be shitty, like Trump and Elon.

      • Krauerking@lemy.lol
        51·
        7 months ago

        And they love oil barons, and bankers are their heroes, and Jeff bezos is soooo cool with his penis rockets.
        They really love billionaires more than they hate them. They just don’t like the charity ones.