The Billionaires Who Tried—and Failed—to Stop Zohran Mamdani

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You know, opening with how Bloomberg has $100,000,000,000 dollars makes the $13,300,000 donation not seem quite so impressive. Both are more money than I’ll see in my lifetime, but if we’re taking relative values, that’s like one of us making a $13.30 donation to a campaign.

We really, really shouldn’t have billionaires. It’s just such a stupid amount of money.

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“They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,” he said in an interview with MSNBC last week.

There’s no logic to hatred. I hope he’s simply enjoying the win. Congrats, dude!

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This is why authoritarians want to make politics a dirty business to keep everyday people from participating in it.

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Bloomberg donated the most, but spent very little. He’s reportedly worth $100+ billion. He spent 13 million.

That’s like saying be spent 13 cents when his net worth was $1 million.
That’s like 1 drop in 3 buckets.
It’s loose change you find on the floorboard of your car.

Billionaires should not exist.

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There’s more than one way to get rid of billionaires. Taxing them is the best remedy they could hope for.

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So uhhh, unless I’m doing my conversions wrong, it’s more like a $133 donation while being worth a million.

And yet, it’s still a mere 0.0133% of his worth. Not 1.33%, 0.0133% if it.

Jesus H. Whatthefuckin Christ

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…hooray for the people!..

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Most of the money was poured into three main super PACs, both pro-Cuomo and anti-Mamdani. Fix the City, the PAC supporting Cuomo’s bid since the primary, spent millions on television ads for the former mayor and against Mamdani. Anti-Mamdani PACs Defend NYC—started by former advisor to President Donald Trump, Jason Meister—and For Our City, have also taken in giant sums from billionaire donors like former mayor Michael Bloomberg and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.

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  • Michael Bloomberg ($13.3 million)
  • Lauder Family ($2.6 million)
  • Joe Gebbia ($2 million)
  • Bill Ackman ($1.75 million)
  • Barry Diller ($500,000)
  • Laurie Tisch ($150,000)
  • Steve Wynn ($500,000)
  • Alice Walton ($200,000)
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That’s so much money that could have been better spent

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That’s a lot of billionaires interfering in politics.

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What a colossal waste of money

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They can still sic ice on him or just kill him. Let’s not get happy yet, he’s a huge target.

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I love that pic paired up with that title. Gold.

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We’re all happy and all but I’m being cautiously optimistic. I refuse to be taken by another Fetterman or Sinema.

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the reason i am happy about the results is not because of zohran himself (even if i think he is great). i refuse to be like the people who idolize their chosen leader.

i am happy because the campaign showed people that community effort can produce effective results. democracy doesn’t mean that we chose our leaders, it means that the power is in the people, and that is worth celebrating in itself

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Yeah, a lot of us are. But what’s the alternative? We’re all trying desperately to not fall into a dark, deep pit of diapair, but we keep getting pushed into it by the same people you mentioned.

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