eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoAI Billionaires Are Flooding Money Into Politics to Influence Elections, But It’s Backfiring: Even a whiff of AI money seems to disgust voters.futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up148 cross-posted to: world@quokk.au
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minus-squarenorealme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoEveryone who goes into politics wants money. Musk gives them money. Profit!
minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoMusk should consider skipping the middle man and paying citizens directly for their votes. Proportional to his wealth. Like the taxes we used to charge the wealthy.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoHe’s too cheap for that. He’s like the guy who made the carbon-fiber sub and got the bottom-barrel cheapest game controller to run it
minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoSorry I wasn’t clear. We need to tax the fuck out of him like its the 1950s. I.e. 91% top marginal tax rate.
Everyone who goes into politics wants money. Musk gives them money. Profit!
Musk should consider skipping the middle man and paying citizens directly for their votes. Proportional to his wealth. Like the taxes we used to charge the wealthy.
He’s too cheap for that. He’s like the guy who made the carbon-fiber sub and got the bottom-barrel cheapest game controller to run it
Sorry I wasn’t clear. We need to tax the fuck out of him like its the 1950s. I.e. 91% top marginal tax rate.