With his inordinate wealth he is bolstering the far right in my country - who support austerity politics, tax cuts for the wealthy, oppose public investment, brexit and aims to deport people which will cause major disturbances to our public services.
This directly affects my life.
Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel.
Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it.
A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest.
Sentenced and imprisoned on grounds of “terrorism” that no jury ever convicted them of.
Meanwhile, the British government continues to aid and abet the greatest crime of our time.
A historic miscarriage of justice — and a truly dark day for civil liberties in this country.
People only hate Elon Musk because he comes from an emerald mining fortune made in apartheid South Africa, he buys ideas and pretends he’s an inventor, he’s a white supremacist, union-busting, abusive employer, he’s hoarding $1T in stolen wages, he makes us ashamed to be human,
Have you ever notice that it's socially acceptable to tell poor people how to spend their money ??
But when we ask the rich to stop hoarding wealth the response is “it’s their money.”
It's just so weırd how every single thing you're told happens under socialism is happening under capitalism. The bread lines, the unemployment, the authoritarianism.
Every time Elon Musk claims to be a self-made trillionaire, remember this: He would be worth $0 without at least $38 billion in corporate welfare from U.S taxpayers & a workforce he can exploit.
Yes. Elon loves corporate socialism for himself, rugged individualism for the rest.
“Capitalism made your iPhone.”
LABOR made your iPhone. Labor makes things under any -ism. The -isms only determine who is paid and how much they are paid.
The world's first trillionaire is backing the far right mobs and their politician backers.
Don't think for a second that these men have ordinary people's interests at heart.
Elon Musk is set to become a trillionaire within the next few months and a Karl Marx quote comes to mind.
"One day there will be trillionaires, but you will still have nothing."
Amazing powers of prediction.
There's no better case for socialism than the world's first trillionaire being a massive loser who cosplays as his mom and baby online and lies about being good at video games in an attempt to give his life meaning.
I've always believed that Maradona’s expulsion from the 94 World Cup had far more to do with his friendship with Castro and his outspoken anti-imperialist politics than it did with doping. They couldn’t stand the prospect of him captivating audiences on U.S. soil.
The same dynamic seems to be playing out again. This World Cup is being heavily politicized. We’re already seeing what look like humiliation rituals directed at African countries, while efforts are made to ensure that nations viewed as geopolitical adversaries don’t get the opportunity to shine on American soil.
Meanwhile, the more credible security threat comes from America’s own gun-heavy society and the possibility of mass shootings carried out by private citizens. What a shame. FIFA could hardly have chosen a worse host.