THeBlueCashew

They all donated to Kameltoe and her campaign against working Americans.

Bill Gates
Gordon Getty
Marc Benioff
Jeff Bezos
George Soros
Reid Hoffman
Reed Hastings
Michael Novogratz
Mark Suster
Marc Lasry
George Lucas
Roger Altman
Mark Zuckerberg
Drew Houston
Vinod Khosla
Raymond J. McGuire
Barry Diller
Mark Pincus
Warren Buffett
Deven Parekh
Jonathan D Gray
Ron Conway
Bradley Tusk
Sean Parker

But you forgot to mention Taylor Swift too, hey Herman Herm?

BTW do you also hate Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswathy?

They're billionaires too, Herm.

It was a billionaire that won the election.

Quote from: Herman on November 23, 2024, 08:40:40 PMThey all donated to Kameltoe and her campaign against working Americans.

Bill Gates
Gordon Getty
Marc Benioff
Jeff Bezos
George Soros
Reid Hoffman
Reed Hastings
Michael Novogratz
Mark Suster
Marc Lasry
George Lucas
Roger Altman
Mark Zuckerberg
Drew Houston
Vinod Khosla
Raymond J. McGuire
Barry Diller
Mark Pincus
Warren Buffett
Deven Parekh
Jonathan D Gray
Ron Conway
Bradley Tusk
Sean Parker

And they all LOST  :crampe:

If a monkey at the zoo starting hoarding all the bananas we'd isolate it for the sake of the other monkeys.

When a human does it we celebrate them, put them on the covers of magazines, and elect them into our government.

Our species is mentally broken and intent on causing our own extinction.

Unlike some(most) people, I do not hate billioniares just because they  are billioniares. But, for some reason most billionaires think they have the right to buy politicians and dictate how we live.

Nobody should have that much money.

I love the idea of being a billionaire! Anyone should be able to become one.

People who are butthurt about it should GTF off their asses and make their own billions then influence shit how they want.

I love my Billionaire POTUS BTW!!! He's a fukin BOSS!

The poors need Billionaires to make jobs for em, otherwise they'd fukin starve to death because they arent talented or driven enough to make a decent life for themselves on their own.

We should kill drug using dirtbag bums in the streets BTW.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 24, 2024, 10:23:12 AMIf a monkey at the zoo starting hoarding all the bananas we'd isolate it for the sake of the other monkeys.

When a human does it we celebrate them, put them on the covers of magazines, and elect them into our government.

Our species is mentally broken and intent on causing our own extinction.

We have that problem in Vancouver Canada Garraty_47 Garraty.

Middle class homeowners get punished with hefty property tax increases even if they own just a single home while land hoarders mostly from China buy up all the real estate driving up re prices.  Meanwhile the middle class end up subsidizing them.

The system here & in the US/Australia needs to change so that land hoarders get taxed heavilly to discourage buying up the land driving prices

Youre right.

But excessive accumulation of limited quantity assets should be punished.

Quote from: JOE on November 25, 2024, 02:35:25 PMWe have that problem in Vancouver Canada Garraty_47 Garraty.

Middle class homeowners get punished with hefty property tax increases even if they own just a single home while land hoarders mostly from China buy up all the real estate driving up re prices.  Meanwhile the middle class end up subsidizing them.

The system here & in the US/Australia needs to change so that land hoarders get taxed heavilly to discourage buying up the land driving prices

Youre right.

But excessive accumulation of limited quantity assets should be punished.

I agree. They should butcher leaches like you so wealth builders can go about their business unimpeded.

Land hoarding isnt true competitive capitalism but smacks of monopolistic practices which discourage competition

Quote from: Lokmar on November 25, 2024, 02:37:47 PMI agree. They should butcher leaches like you so wealth builders can go about their business unimpeded.

Oddly its Red Republican Southern US states which have been the 1st to call out land hoarding practices particularly from China. Sarah Huckabee in Arkansas and Greg Abbott in Texas have either banned or want to ban them from buying land in the United States

Those Democratic blue states should do the same

Quote from: JOE on November 25, 2024, 02:40:57 PMOddly its Red Republican Southern US states which have been the 1st to call out land hoarding practices particularly from China. Sarah Huckabee in Arkansas and Greg Abbott in Texas have either banned or want to ban them from buying land in the United States

Those Democratic blue states should do the same

Way to change the subject and move the goal post, you piece of shit!

Quote from: Lokmar on November 25, 2024, 02:43:47 PMWay to change the subject and move the goal post, you piece of shit!

Well its actually relevant because the billionaires in your country are buying up all the affordable real estate driving up prices so your children wont be able to afford them

As you are probabl aware land is power Lokmar

Quote from: Lokmar on November 25, 2024, 02:25:19 PMI love the idea of being a billionaire! Anyone should be able to become one.

People who are butthurt about it should GTF off their asses and make their own billions then influence shit how they want.

I love my Billionaire POTUS BTW!!! He's a fukin BOSS!

But the billionaires wont let you into their exclusive club Lokmar

Even if you won the Powerball lottery

Billionaires remain that rich cuz they dont let outsiders into their club. Ie preferred investments etc

Quote from: JOE on November 25, 2024, 02:47:37 PMWell its actually relevant because the billionaires in your country are buying up all the affordable real estate driving up prices so your children wont be able to afford them

As you are probabl aware land is power Lokmar

STFU liar. China isnt relevant to the discussion of billionaires.

Quote from: JOE on November 25, 2024, 02:51:14 PMBut the billionaires wont let you into their exclusive club Lokmar

Even if you won the Powerball lottery

Billionaires remain that rich cuz they dont let outsiders into their club. Ie preferred investments etc

First off, how the fuck would your broke ass know?
Second, what makes you think I wanna be in their "club"?

Quote from: JOE on November 25, 2024, 02:47:37 PMWell its actually relevant because the billionaires in your country are buying up all the affordable real estate driving up prices so your children wont be able to afford them

As you are probabl aware land is power Lokmar

Jo Jo Sweetie, Canada's housing shortage is more acute than America's housing shortage.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on November 24, 2024, 09:44:33 AMIt was a billionaire that won the election.

Trump and Musk are different from other billionaires.

Quote from: Thiel on November 25, 2024, 04:47:38 PMJo Jo Sweetie, Canada's housing shortage is more acute than America's housing shortage.

Will you keep your fruity boyfriend out of my thread. I have his trolling ass on ignore, but folks like you and Lokmar quote him and I can see his bullshit posts when you do that.

Quote from: Thiel on November 25, 2024, 04:47:38 PMJo Jo Sweetie, Canada's housing shortage is more acute than America's housing shortage.

There isn't a "housing shortage" in the USA.

The problem is too many of the unoccupied properties are owned by Blackrock and other vulture capital corporations who would rather sit on them until they're profitable via gentrification or exorbitant rent/lease.

*spit*

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 25, 2024, 05:55:50 PMThere isn't a "housing shortage" in the USA.

The problem is too many of the unoccupied properties are owned by Blackrock and other vulture capital corporations who would rather sit on them until they're profitable via gentrification or exorbitant rent/lease.

*spit*

Why wouldn't they rent them out until they sell them?

We have a huge shortage of housing in Canada. We have the capacity to build something like 350,000 housing units per year. But, we admit well over one million immigrants every year.

Quote from: Herman on November 25, 2024, 06:11:08 PMWhy wouldn't they rent them out until they sell them?

You'll have to ask a vulture capitalist.

My brain doesn't work like that.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 25, 2024, 06:43:36 PMYou'll have to ask a vulture capitalist.

My brain doesn't work like that.

Any building is rented until it's sold. They still have to pay utilities and property taxes.

Quote from: Herman on November 25, 2024, 05:38:52 PMTrump and Musk are different from other billionaires.

They're all the fucking same, hey Herman Herm?

None of them care about you any more a Wall Street Trader.

They just see you as a Trade to make a profit from.

If they saw value in your farm, they'd find a way to tank the market, make you go broke and buy it for pennies on the dollar.

That's the way Corporatist Capitalism works regardless of which party they support.

The (Neo) Lberal Billionaire Class is no different from the Neo Conservative one

They're jes different Elites serving their own monied interests, that's all hey Herman Herm?

And they don't care about the Greater Good or society

Just their bank accounts & adding billions more to them.

Quote from: Lokmar on November 25, 2024, 02:58:51 PMFirst off, how the fuck would your broke ass know?
Second, what makes you think I wanna be in their "club"?

Guess I shoulda bought Bitcoin instead a' Gold, eh Lokmar!?


I read bitcoin shot past $100,000 US per coin, eh?

https://goldprice.org/cryptocurrency-price/bitcoin-price

Did/do you have any crtyo holdings Lokmar?

I wish I had.

Oh well, someone's gain, my loss I suppose.

Do ya think it can climb even higher...and stay there, Lokmar?

I got an alert from Joe that he quoted me. I don't know why the asshole would do that when I have him on ignore.

Quote from: Herman on November 25, 2024, 07:57:34 PMI got an alert from Joe that he quoted me. I don't know why the asshole would do that when I have him on ignore.

You want I should respond to him for you?  :crampe:  :crampe:  :crampe:

Quote from: Lokmar on November 25, 2024, 08:24:56 PMYou want I should respond to him for you?  :crampe:  :crampe:  :crampe:

Do you own any Bitcoin, Lokmar?

Like the billionaires?!

Quote from: Lokmar on November 25, 2024, 08:24:56 PMYou want I should respond to him for you?  :crampe:  :crampe:  :crampe:

Hell no. I don't want that wanker in my thread.

Quote from: Herman on November 25, 2024, 08:28:05 PMHell no. I don't want that wanker in my thread.

10-4.

Sorry josephine. You have to fuk off. Herman said so.

Quote from: Lokmar on November 25, 2024, 08:31:47 PM10-4.

Sorry josephine. You have to fuk off. Herman said so.

Guess ya don't own any Bitcoin like the Billionaires, eh Lokmar?

Oh well, guess you missed out too.

Quote from: Herman on November 23, 2024, 08:40:40 PMThey all donated to Kameltoe and her campaign against working Americans.

Bill Gates
Gordon Getty
Marc Benioff
Jeff Bezos
George Soros
Reid Hoffman
Reed Hastings
Michael Novogratz
Mark Suster
Marc Lasry
George Lucas
Roger Altman
Mark Zuckerberg
Drew Houston
Vinod Khosla
Raymond J. McGuire
Barry Diller
Mark Pincus
Warren Buffett
Deven Parekh
Jonathan D Gray
Ron Conway
Bradley Tusk
Sean Parker

Mark Cuban is not on that list.

Quote from: Shen Li on November 25, 2024, 09:20:15 PMMark Cuban is not on that list.

Do you own any bitcoin Shen Li Shen?

wish I did. given its recent rise of $100,000US/bitcoin

tbh I don't understand this Modern Economy at all.

...when something fake is priced more (much more) than assets that a are real.

Oh well new economy I suppose. Signs of changing times.

Mind you what goes up will probably come down hard one day too.

which means it'll eventually crash.

Fiat currency isn't real either, you autistic fuck..

Quote from: Herman on November 25, 2024, 08:28:05 PMHell no. I don't want that wanker in my thread.

Then why did you post it in the Octagon. Anything is fair game in that sub.

Quote from: DKG on November 26, 2024, 06:51:08 AMThen why did you post it in the Octagon. Anything is fair game in that sub.

I forgot about the old attention whoring wanker.

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Prog sheep cannot find the obvious irony in this.

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Enter the rise of the modern "philanthropath": a new breed of sociopathic billionaire using inherited or self-made fortunes to re-engineer civilization from the top down. These aren't benevolent stewards. They're ideological crusaders waging war on tradition, prosperity, and truth.

Jim Simons' mathematical skills helped transform him from a prize-winning academic at Harvard and MIT into a legendary financier whose algorithmic models made Renaissance Technologies one of the most successful hedge funds in history. After his death last year, one of his consequential bequests went to his daughter, Liz, who oversees the Heising-Simons Foundation and its nearly billion-dollar endowment.

What Liz Simons has chosen to do with that inheritance might have surprised her father. Jim Simons devoted much of his charitable giving to basic research in mathematics and science, but his daughter's foundation is moving in a very different direction. The Heising-Simons Foundation and similar organizations are supercharging a movement to remake K-12 mathematics education according to social justice principles.

The revamp is profound. They reject well-established practices of math instruction while infusing lessons with racial and gender themes. The goal is to motivate disadvantaged students while dispensing with the traditional features of math — like numerical computation, which they struggle with on standardized tests — considered an oppressive feature of white supremacist culture.

In many quarters, including corporations and universities, diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are in retreat due to pressure from the Trump administration and the courts. Not so in public education, with curricula that are locally controlled and largely insulated from the dictates of Washington.

That allows progressive foundations and like-minded charitable trusts to continue to pour millions of dollars into reshaping math education for black and Latino kids — including an $800,000 grant this year from the Heising-Simons Foundation — even though no credible research exists showing that the social justice approach improves their performance.

"Politicians and legislatures, even school boards," are often too "hamstrung" to get things done, Bob Hughes, the director of K-12 education at the Gates Foundation, said at an online symposium on the need for racial equity policies in America's classrooms. Philanthropy, he added, faces fewer barriers in making rapid changes.

The Gates Foundation has been a leader in the promotion of anti-racist math instruction. It supported a project called "A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction." The project discards basic tenets of learning, like asking students to "show their work" and find the "right" answer as vestiges of "white supremacy culture." The pathway is promoted by EdTrust West, which also receives support from the Spencer Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and other major donors.

The Gates and Heising-Simons foundations have both supported TODOS Mathematics for All, an Arizona-based organization that calls for elevating diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and anti-racist activism into all math instruction, with over $553,750 in grants in recent years. "We can no longer believe that a focus on curriculum, instruction, and assessment alone will be enough to prepare our children for survival in the world. We need anti-racist conversations for ourselves and for our children," TODOS President Linda Fulmore announced in 2020.

Last year, the group hosted an hour-long webinar on "2SLGBTQIA+ identity in mathematics education." During the event, a speaker expounded at length on various queer and indigenous identity groups while spending virtually no time on math-related curriculum or instruction.

Actually DKG DKG unlike Herman Herm I don't hate billionaires nor the rich for that matter.

The wealthy have always been among us and always will be.

That being said....what needs to change is the tax code to discourage hoarding of wealth.

Tax breaks should be incentivized, not given away.

Having billionaires or lots of rich people doesn't mean that the society has to be poor.

Case in point are Switzerland and Norway. Both countries have an abundance of millionaires/billionaires.

And yet their poverty rates or 3-4% with the best social safety nets in the world.

A country doesn't have to be like Mexico, which also has a lot of billionaires but high crime rates and poverty.

Instead of punishing the wealthy, I'd suggest providing them incentives to invest in their local economies by spending the money on infrastructure, hospitals, roads, parks, treatment centers, schools & jobs. So the more the wealthy individual benefits society, the more they get to keep of their wealth. In fact, if they contribute enough, perhaps they wouldn't pay any tax at all. It think this could be called 'benevolent capitalism'. At least a few billionaires have donated their money to charitable causes to improve the soceity.

ie;


...just think how many jobs this man created, and how much investment it created.

Guy deserves a tax break.