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    10 months ago

    I mean the term oligarch has a clear definition that differs from billionaire, but to be honest pretty sure many billionaires meet the criteria…

    Quickly from wikipedia

    A business oligarch is generally a business magnate who controls sufficient resources to influence national politics.[1][2] A business leader can be considered an oligarch if the following conditions are satisfied:

    uses monopolistic tactics to dominate an industry;
    possesses sufficient political power to promote their own interests;
    controls multiple businesses, which intensively coordinate their activities.

    Edit: also this smells a bit like tankie propaganda pointed towards liberals and conservatives

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        10 months ago

        Gates, Besos, Zuck and the foss hater msft boss whose name I can’t remember for sure. I honestly have no idea if Elon meets the 1st requirement - though simply being the richest man on planet highly hints towards it

        No idea who’s the granpa at the front

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          he foss hater msft boss whose name I can’t remember for sure.

          You already said Gates

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              310 months ago

              If I had a nickel for every time Microsoft created an oligarch I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

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          210 months ago

          Pretty sure the old fart is Country Kitchen Buffet or something like that.

      • @Siegfried
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        So is the reptilian who founded facebook

    • @Spiralvortexisalie
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      What purpose does the propaganda serve if it presumably hits across the board?

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        You thought the murderous oligarchs that have stripped Russians of a chance for a democratic society are bad? What about Warren Buffet!!?!

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          610 months ago

          Yep. It’s important to acknowledge the shit western billionaires do, but this kinda whataboutism is meh