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Billionaire Bill Ackman and his rich friends want someone, anyone, to bring down Zohran Mamdani. Their pitch: take our money, it won’t be much time and energy, and maybe you’ll get famous enough to use the campaign as a stepping stone to higher office.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman said he and his wealthy associates are ready to pour “hundreds of millions of dollars” into the campaign for an aspiring politician looking to position themself on the national stage: “The risk/reward of running for mayor over the next 132 days is extremely compelling as the cost in time and energy is small and the upside is enormous.”

You fucking prick. Willing to overwhelm the will of the people to subvert the election.

If I lived in NYC, I would reach out to Zohran and pledge to run against him as a dyed-in-the-wool Dem with the understanding that I'm trying to appear to try win without winning. And should I win, I will switch policies the day I take office and execute my own socialist agenda with Zohran as my chief of staff.

Gimme those hundreds of millions of dollars, Bill, you sniveling cunt.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

If they have hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign money.... they had hundreds of millions to give back to the people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Wait actually genius move

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

"economically unviable" translates to "not readily exploitable" gah, the rapist mentality of these shit heads

may you be buried alive 😌

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In Russia, they are using war to redefine the identity of the country. Putin sees western liberal democracy as the source of all Russia's woes. By creating war he has an opportunity to redefine the Russian identity in his making.

Likewise, US oligarchs have identified politics and elections as a way to redefine the face of the American people. By controlling elections they control the fate of the nation, and the identity of the American people.

Fuck Bill Ackman. And fuck every billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Guillotines4Billionaires2026!!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago