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That can be a threat, but a billionaire American or South African with similar power and motivation is also a threat.
by not2b 2y ago
That can be a threat, but a billionaire American or South African with similar power and motivation is also a threat.
- mc32 2y agoAnd also the guy who bought a bankrupt radio network, right? Or is that one okay?
- ahartmetz 2y agoWhat about that African weirdo who bought the #1 political announcements channel on the internet? /s
- imgabe 2y agoA billionaire American lives in America and generally benefits if America benefits. A foreign country is not aligned to America’s interests and may be outright hostile to them.
- MPSFounder 2y agoThis right here is incredibly stupid. One of the stupidest takes and a rampid and dangerous misconception among mostly young men I see as of late. Elon avoids taxes not because he likes this country, but because he benefits from it. Anything that maximizes his personal wealth could very well be hostile to the well being of the country. You should see how he treated his own children. Incredibly naive. Many rich men end up giving back to the communities that made them (Gates and others for instance). Elon, a child of parents that cashed in on apartheid, is certainly an exception.
- octacat 2y agoMany rick men are giving back for the soft power (i.e. the politics play). Or indirectly investing into their new ventures (like giving money to buy vaccines and also making the vaccines by their other company). Plus some interesting tax write-offs. So, thanks for the charity, but I would rather prefer them to pay that as taxes.
- imgabe 2y agoElon has literally paid billions of dollars in taxes. Yes, he "avoids" taxes by using every legal strategy available to him, as does every single person who pays taxes. This is called "paying the correct amount of taxes you legally owe". > Anything that maximizes his personal wealth could very well be hostile to the well being of the country. Let's look at the things that have maximized his personal wealth: Paypal - made online payments popular and safe. Enabled millions of people to start online business. Tesla - made electric cars popular. Reduced C02 emissions. Gave thousands of Americans good jobs. Made many employees and investors rich. SpaceX - re-ignited space exploration. pioneered re-usable rockets. Dramatically reduced the cost of launching satellites. Starlink - brought Internet access to rural areas. Please tell me, which of these personal wealth maximizing activities has been hostile to the US?
- grahamj 2y agoAll of them because now he's using those funds to help Trump.
- Teever 2y agoThis is a post about Canada.
- sabbaticaldev 2y agoCanada is America, literally but also figuratively
- alext5 2y agoCanada is in North America. It is not America. Yes the two countries are adjacent and the US has a strong influence on Canada, but you cannot equate one with the other figuratively or literally. Despite the influence they are very much distinct in many regards.
- Teever 2y agoThis is a needlessly antagonistic thing to say.
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- BurningFrog 2y agoChina's motivation, as a geopolitical adversary to the US, is to tilt the geopolitical power balance in its favor. Our local billionaires goals are not in the same category.
- filleduchaos 2y agoIt's extremely telling that so many Americans in this thread are comfortably talking about "our local" companies and adversaries to the US, when the article is about a ban in...Canada.
- shiroiushi 2y agoThe US and Canada are two of the closest allies in the world, and have been for a very long time. To many Americans, Canadians are also part of "us", at least when discussing global issues or adversaries.
- boringg 2y agoNot even comparable.