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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: The most pathetic billionaire that ever lived
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Mehdi Hasan repostedDana Roach@danaroach · 19h The most pathetic billionaire that ever lived. |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The most pathetic billionaire that ever lived
| there are so many of them...how do you pick just one? |
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From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The most pathetic billionaire that ever lived
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Do we have allot of billionaires in this world?? No wonder we're in trouble- they do what they will and as for far as Musk goes, he's just all over the place crazy and dangerous. |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The most pathetic billionaire that ever lived
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September 23, 2024 801 U.S. billionaires hold a combined $6.22 trillion in wealth Chuck Collins There are now 801 billionaires based in the United States with a combined wealth totaling $6.22 trillion, according to an Institute for Policy Studies analysis of the Forbes Real Time Billionaire List. The total number of billionaires is down 11 people as of September 13, 2024 from April when Forbes published their 38th annual World’s Billionaire List. Despite that decline in the number of billionaires, the total wealth of the exclusive nine-figure-club grew by $500 billion over the last five months. The top five billionaires and by individual wealth are: Elon Musk of Tesla/X and SpaceX with $252.5 billion Jeff Bezos of Amazon with $204.8 billion Larry Ellison of Oracle fame moving into number three spot with $197 billion, surpassing Marc Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg of Meta with $182 billion Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway with $141 billion. There are now a total of 12 billionaires with more than $100 billion each. For context, the first person to cross the $100 billion personal wealth threshold — Jeff Bezos — only did so in 2018. When Forbes started tracking wealth in 1982 there were only 13 billionaires on the Forbes 400 list and it took $75 million to join the list. Today, a person needs have a minimum of $3.2 billion to make the cut. Among the wealthiest families on the Forbes list: Walton: Six members of the Walton Family have a combined wealth of $349.3 billion Mars: Six members of Mars family have combined wealth of $142.7 billion Koch: Two members of Koch family have a combined wealth of $141.6 billion Many top billionaires have seen their wealth surge since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. On March 18, 2020, Elon Musk had wealth valued just under $25 billion. By the start of the next year he became the richest person in the world with a net worth of $185 billion. After a decline of his assets from the acquisition of Twitter (now X) and falling Tesla valuations, Musk’s wealth has almost reached its 2022 peak with $252 billion. Jeff Bezos saw his wealth rise from $113 billion on March 18, 2020 to $204 billion in the September 13, 2024 survey. Three Walton family members — Jim, Alice, and Rob — saw their combined assets increase from $161.1 billion on March 18, 2020 to $286 billion this September. Chuck Collins directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he also co-edits Inequality.org. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: 2nd richest man reaffirms longstanding desire for total surveillance
URL: https://x.com/BoltzmannBooty/status/1837704051590414779
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2nd richest man on Earth--who owns CIA cutout that hosts all US tiktok data-- reaffirms longstanding desire for total surveillance, pays $115,000,000 settlement for "track[ing] in real time and record[ing] indefinitely the personal information of hundreds of millions of people" US TikTok data is stored in the US on Oracle servers. Oracle began as a CIA project & the CIA was their first client. It was founded by Larry Ellison who also attempted to build a massive biometric database to surveil Americans after 9/11. Ellison also helped Musk buy twitter x.com/credenzaclear2… Thread about it Brotherman, TikTok’s US data is stored on the servers of Oracle, a company which is literally an outgrowth of a CIA project w/ the CIA as its first customer. Don’t worry, it’s fully integrated into our own surveillance apparatus https://archive.ph/yMEL6 |
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From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: 2nd richest man reaffirms longstanding desire for total...
| Don't worry, be happy. 1984 is here and way worse. |
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From: chaskuchar@stcharlesmo, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: 2nd richest man reaffirms longstanding desire for total...
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only if you participate. Gods laws will give you freedom. |
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From: the Hierophant, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The most pathetic billionaire that ever lived
| Funny but sad...... |
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