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Progressive Group Founded by Bernie Sanders Endorses Billionaire for California Governor (theintercept.com)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 18 points 6 months ago (4 children)

There's no way to ethically become a billionaire

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 6 months ago

Winning the lotto maybe. Staying a billionaire is different.

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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Maybe inherit it? Like Elon has less kids than he has billions. Some really don't like him. And should he die and somehow there was no will. A few could inherit a billion... but probably not.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

If 500 million people give you $2...

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[–] Akh@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah, they did that with some fucking kardashian… not ethical

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[–] rocci@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

This is a race with progressive darling Katie Porter and Green Party candidate Butch Ware, and they're choosing to endorse a billionaire?!?!

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[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

That makes these leagues worse imo. They need to be pushing Katie Porter. Hell, any progressive that's not one of the rich fucks ruining the place.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 6 months ago

It's not like leftists haven't been trying to tell anyone.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Copy paste? It's behind a required sign up

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[+] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Thanks 👍

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world [M] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Please do not copy/paste the ENTIRE article. Lemmy.world has tight copyright restrictions.

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[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Roger that, my mistake.

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] 8 points 6 months ago

Sorry, paywall removed: https://archive.is/o4pYm

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

Signup isn’t required. Just open it in reader mode.

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Makes sense only billionaires can afford to live in California.

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I live in California and I can assure you I'm not a billionaire I'm a hundredaire.

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[–] Akh@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Oh, look at mr. Moneybags over here

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[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 1 point 6 months ago

With his fancy bus pass and a once a week opulence of having pinto beans instead of brown beans with his rice. Smh.

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Dammit, he’s a billionaire… I thought he did the best in this piece on homelessness

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EHkU_NAZJZ4

[–] data_lore@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

While he is a billionaire, I am pretty sure he is the most progressive person running which just shows the state of things.

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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I mean, couldn't you just endorse a progressive instead? Are you telling me there aren't any in Cali-fucking-fornia?

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 25 points 6 months ago

This is the real effect of Citizens United, making elections so expensive that the wealthy become the leaders by default.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 months ago (1 child)

CA is essentially a corporatist technocrat oligarchy with leftist window dressing. But there aren’t any windows, because it’s a data center.

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[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

there aren't any windows

Of course! That's up in Washington.

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] 8 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

It's fucking bleak. Supposedly we're the most "commie" state but we have nothing really progressive.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

And this is one of the reasons why I won’t move back.

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[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

elect a billionaire to help fight the influence of billionaires on politics?
"billionaire philanthropist" lol

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Read up on him, he's not rags to riches but on a different planet than anyone the Dems would ever put forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Steyer

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[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The only thing worth reading on those people is what assassinated journalists wrote (cough cough Panama Papers cough cough), the rest is just what their PR teams put out there to fabricate their images. There are no good nor different billionaires.

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 6 months ago

Paywall removed: https://archive.is/o4pYm

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

https://removepaywalls.com/https://theintercept.com/2026/04/20/california-governor-our-revolution-tom-steyer-endorse/

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Unfortunately Our Progressive was hijacked and it is chalk full neo liberals. Truly said it could have been the hope for a new Progressive Party. Instead the DNC sent in an implanted their ilk to destroy the organization. So not shocked they are doing this.

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 6 months ago

This. A thousand percent this.

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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

People who don't think PACs should fund campaigns and themselves refuse to donate to campaigns are surprised when a billionaire runs for office.

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[–] FatherPeanut@pawb.social 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It ain't your job to educate me, but if I can ask anyways, why would one opt to not vote out of principle? I went n' looked it up, yet the only mention of it being a conscious decision are spotty, single sentences. Everything else seems to focus on the socioeconomic difficulties people can experience.

To me, it would seem that voting for a non-mainstream party would be optimal if you don't trust the two-party system, wouldn't it?

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago*

I can't speak for u/stabby_cicada but i've frequently run into a simple logical fallacy based on the circular reasoning that (not enough people vote for a third party so ) "a third-party will never win." Therefore people refuse to vote third-party.

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[–] coolie4@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

If someone is not willing to get involved and organize, run for office themselves, or any one of many different ways to influence the system, voting is literally the easiest thing they can do. Even people who are actively shaking up the system should also be doing this bare minimum thing.

So if the goal is not to vote in order to protest the blah blah blah... No one will know or care about their protest unless they mention how they don't vote as often as possible.

The problem with this is its they're either seeking validation and trying to seem morally superior, or they are trying to influence others not to vote. Either way, I hate when people brag about not voting, it should be something you're ashamed of.

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[–] coolie4@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So you didn't vote in order to own the libs, and you're still defending that decision?

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[+] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] -8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

STFU lol

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

It's amazing how they downvote the person who was right the entire time. Then ban you for being right.

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[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago

Man, where's all the Bernie stans now?

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Paywall removed: https://archive.is/o4pYm

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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 6 points 6 months ago

I just hit the Reading Mode button on Waterfox (Android) and converts to a mostly plain text article without ads or paywalls..

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[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

He spent $120 million on ads for himself. Imagine what good could have been done with that money instead. 😞

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Assuming by the click baity title, probably not.

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[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

"Our Revolution" backs the wealthiest candidate?