Trump’s New Oligarchy Is About to Unleash Unimaginable Corruption

https://newrepublic.com/article/188467/trumps-musk-oligarchy-corruption

186 points · 12 comments · view on lemmy.world

12 Comments

OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca · 37 pts · 1y

Musk's said his new department can find 2 trillion dollars to cut... presumably so they can funnel it all into private hands instead.

cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Nooo.. reallly?

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y

This will see much use:

Skyrmir@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y (4 replies)

I dunno, I can imagine a LOT of corruption.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I could see his people coming up with corruption in ways no one here has thought of. There is no bottom of the barrel.

lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Will it be billionaires taking from other billionaires?

dan1101@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Mostly billionaires taking from taxpayers.

lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Well this isn't what I voted for. Or who

boreengreen@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Unimaginable? Just look at how russia functions. It's not great for its citizens. Or anyone actually. Billionares will have fun for a short time though. Life will get harder and harder.

CitizenKong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Any autocracy really. It's not as if there aren't any around right now.

WrenFeathers@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
[ removed ]
md5crypto@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Leopards eating their faces

Pandemanium@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

These kinds of vague titles are not helpful. Every article is just the same fear mongering speculation.