San Francisco's pro-billionaire march draws dozens

(techcrunch.com)

43 points | by bhouston 20 hours ago ago

13 comments

  • mekdoonggi 19 hours ago ago

    I genuinely thought this was ironic. Was it not? I cannot understand why anyone would do this.

    It took millennia of human torment to come to the conclusion that political power should be distributed, because it is a human right. Wealth similarly compels actions, so billionaire-level wealth is inherently unjust.

    We've completely circled back to feudalism, just wrapped in a cardboard box with ad that says 'freedom'. And then you've got doofuses protesting in favor?

    I don't care if there are rich people, but one person controlling the same amount of wealth as hundreds of millions of people is just wrong.

    Edit: millions of people not billions

    • krunck 19 hours ago ago

      Yeah, it reads like an Onion headline.

    • chuckadams 18 hours ago ago

      A real-world and literal demonstration of Poe's Law.

    • cosmicgadget 9 hours ago ago

      "A few hours of standing with a sign to maybe get noticed by Elon."

    • wasmainiac 19 hours ago ago

      Why is thing being downvoted? That’s why your text is greyed right?

      • mekdoonggi 19 hours ago ago

        Yeah that's why comments go grey. People just disagree, which is their right.

        • MisterTea 18 hours ago ago

          Down voting simply because you disagree is a thoughtless "fuck you" to everyone trying to have a conversation.

          This forum encourages "thoughtful conversation" so if you disagree you should discuss why you disagree. Down voting is there to empower the community to squelch posts that are thoughtless clutter, off topic, offensive, or anything else that is disruptive to conversation.

    • catigula 17 hours ago ago

      Apparently an organizer nicknamed "Aella" is wealthy. A lot of very wealthy people (another, nicknamed "Destiny", popular streamer) become ardent "liberals", or mid-level managers of inequality.

      • Sabinus 10 hours ago ago

        Destiny is happy to increase taxes on the wealthy, and applauds the election of Mamdani despite having doubts about some of his proposed policies. He is opposed to leftist populist policies that are economically distorting and damaging (rent control) or generally unpopular and unreasonable (defund the police).

  • gbnwl 20 hours ago ago

    Wonder if it was more or less than the crowd that showed up for last week’s NeverNude protest. I remember them numbering in the dozens too.

  • browsingonly 17 hours ago ago

    Billionaires For Bush did it first, and better.

  • ChrisArchitect 16 hours ago ago