Aspen Anti-Billionaire Society

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A community dedicated to spreading awareness of the negative impacts of the billionaire class, especially the 250 richest people on the planet

We believe that the existence of the 0.01% comes at a cost to the rest of us, even multi-millionaires, and hope to spread awareness of this problem among the 1% (who have the most resources to affect change)

All discussion and links related to wealth inequality and related activism are welcome. We hope that this community can serve as an easily accessible repository of information about wealth inequality

Please meet disagreement with civility so we can foster productive discourse

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Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner Says 'Nobody Works Hard Enough to Justify $1 Billion' | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39081380

Jon Queally
Nov 15, 2025

Echoing recent viral comments by music superstar Billie Eilish, Maine Democratic candidate for US Senate Graham Planter is also arguing that the existence of billionaires cannot be justified in a world where working-class people with multiple jobs still cannot afford the basic necessities of life.

In video clip posted Friday of a campaign event in the northern town of Caribou from last month, Platner rails against the “structures” of an economy in which billionaires with vast personal fortunes use their wealth to bend government—including the tax code—to conform to their interests while working people are left increasingly locked out of controlling their own destinies, both materially and politically.

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The guy literally went to Iraq to "kill people", three times, once as a mercenary.

He shelled urban areas with mortar fire despite being ordered not to.

He justified killing "thousands" or "millions" of Iraqis by "Our way of life is better".

Afterwards, he described the whole affair as an "excellent experience".

He defended US military members having SS tattoos.

He had a distinctly nazi tattoo on his chest for 20 years.

If that's not a nazi I don't know what is.

It's not infighting, it's defending our movement from being co-opted by nazis, literally "national-socialists": people with extremely reactionary and inhumane views, trying to get support from the working class by promising vaguely progressive economic policies.

I am a believer that people can change. But he has to show it. As a first, he has to acknowledge his pas actions and words, and what they represent, instead of feigning ignorance. He has to at least explicitly say that he no longer holds nazi views, is remorseful for his past actions and comments, and publicly apologize.

[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

No grace bitch