• sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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    8 hours ago

    “The advertisements from Christy Walton are in no way connected to or endorsed by Walmart. She does not serve on the board or play any role in decision-making at Walmart,” the company said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch.

    Walton has also made clear that she paid for the ad herself, and that it represents her own views.

    I 100% believe billionaires shouldn’t exist, are a millstone on the neck of society and progress. I’d also support any action that would take care of the problem… But I don’t think you link shows much more than a single deplorable person experiencing a twitch of morality.

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      7 hours ago

      What is more likely?: this billionaire is funding a nationwide rally against the president’s cut to benefits that directly contribute to her growing wealth, or this billionaire is doing this out of a sense of morality?

      What was the call to action of this protest? What was the demand? Stop, and think it through.

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        2 hours ago

        It’s got to be nice for some billionaire to donate what to them is pennies just to throw off any support from other semi-thoughtful idealogues and purity seekers.