Elite donors are rediscovering their affinity for the former president over taxes — even as he vows to free Jan. 6 defendants, promises mass deportations and faces 88 felony charges

The only thing that matters for almost all billionaires is accumulating even more money that they can’t actually spend on themselves in a lifetime. They’ll happily engage in hatemongering and toss away democracy to get that.

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      8 months ago

      Fascist dictatorships can last a surprisingly long time. Spain’s lasted for decades.

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      These billionaires don’t tend to think past their main interests which are measured in quarters. A fascist US would hold the value of currency probably long enough to not calculate into their concerns. The dollar will most likely take years to fall off a cliff so they’ve got 12-24 months and they don’t care about anything further out. Their long term assumption is that they will be part of the fascist gov and keep doing well.

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      Fascism worked out great for industrialists in Nazi Germany. In fact, even after the war they faced no consequences. I don’t get why you people don’t see that the billionaire class would be totally fine with a fascist system.

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      The smart ones are allocating their assets accordingly. They have no loyalty to the country, and certainly not to its founding principles.