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The list of billionaires spending big in a last-ditch effort to keep Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 3 months ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/usa@midwest.social

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[-] Fermion@mander.xyz 124 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Billionaires still don't get that their fear and outrage is a ringing endorsement for someone like Mamdani. Every dollar they spend implies many more dollars available to be collected by the city. Their best strategy would have been utter indifference. I guess now we know who has a terrible poker face.

[-] obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip 57 points 3 months ago

"He's spending more money than that I would even tax him... Habibi, I don't even want that much" - Zorhan Mamdani on Bill Ackerman's efforts to buy the election.

[-] Aeao@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It gotten to the point every time a see a political add and it’s like

“Do you want puppies to be happy? Then vote yes on prop 106b to stop people from killing puppies with chainsaws”

So I go look it up and it’s like “106b passing would mean Elon musk can personally kick us in the balls every morning… I feel like that advertisement was a bit misleading… he nearly got me that time… why does he want to kick me in the balls so bad? It’s getting weird “