[lurk2]

> I don't need to catch up or get anywhere remotely close to Bezos be financially satiated.

No one does. The issue comes when they start using that money to acquire political power. He wasn’t joking about seeing your margin as his opportunity.

> Insisting otherwise is a direct attack on the fundamental right to private property that underpins western civilization.

Western civilization includes a history of taxation, expropriation, and probate fees. No amount of libertarian revisionism will change this.

[anonym29]

For what it's worth, I'm no fan of Citizens United, and I'm sympathetic to wanting to get dark money out of politics, which is a completely separate conversation than the one about wealth inequality.

[WalterBright]

Keep in mind that Harris outspent Trump 3:1, and still lost. Hillary outspent Trump 2:1 and also lost. Billionaire Bloomberg got nowhere.

Buying elections doesn't work if the voters just don't like you.