| Billionaire Threats To Us |
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| Threat | Note |
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| Climate Change Denier |
wealth has been used to fund denial or person has directly denied climate change science |
| Climate Changer |
wealth accumulation activity involves excessive use of fossil fuels, large-scale land clearing, agribusiness, monoculture, etc |
| Coupon Clipper |
investors that do not actually increase the wealth pie by providing new jobs or services, they just are casino cowboys in the stock market for the easy money (hedge funds, derivatives, etc); drivers of the credo a corporation exists to increase shareholder value |
| Democracy Destructor |
wealth has been used to fund right-wing think tanks, etc. |
| Excess Wealth Accumulator |
when is too much enough? Forbes data used herein is published to one decimal point accurary, which represents $100 Million US net worth. The riders of a city bus, loaded in rush hour, do not have the total net worth of a rounding error in this data.
Right-wing Political Advocate - again similar to Democracy Destructor and Social Safety Net Attacker, typical activity is funding and fuelling the Right to load legislatures with puppets. |
| Fossil Fuels Promoter |
wealth accumulation activity involves exploration for and production of fossil fuels |
| Journalism Controller |
billionaire owning a newspaper or major news outlet has to cause chills. How safe if the editorial staff from influence, implicit or explicit. |
| Journalism Destroyer |
typically, these people control online media or social platforms that have curtailed the advertising lifeblood to traditional news outlets. |
| Junk Food Purveyor |
wealth derives from business of selling candy, sugar, pop, sugar, fast food, sugar, thereby contributing to obesity and diabetes in general population |
| Libertarian |
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| Philanthropist - Self-serving |
funding, for example,cancer research if you have cancer, and you are David Koch |
| Philanthropist - Weaponized |
giving money away to fund deliberate attacks on the people, with reduction in services, etc |
| Philanthropist- Tax-Avoidance |
giving money away to shelter from taxes, which, if paid, could help others. |
| Poverty Enhancer |
over and above their removal of wealth from the global economy, these people actively stifle trickle-down economics |
| Private Data Abuser |
typically, these individuals are the controllers of Facebook and Google and other social platforms who have monetized user data in ways unforeseen. |
| Privatization Privateers |
those who have taken what should be a public asset or good, for instance a toll road, and convinced govt to sign it over to them for private exploitation; Hwy 407 in Ontario is a textbook case. |
| Professional Sports/Racing Owner |
Pro sports has no value, but flying team around costs carbon emissions. NASCAR and F1 are special carbon sources. |
| Rent Collector |
typically, does not create new wealth, just keeps on charging for a present service or facility. Software subscriptions can be a form of rent collection, especially when updates in the software or service are not very meaningful. In other words, customer is charged annually, which provider may not lift a finger. |
| Right-wing Political Advocate |
typical activity is funding and fuelling the Right to load legislatures with puppets, with expectation of tax-cuts and regulation removals for industry |
| Social Safety Net Attacker |
wealth is used to attack the meagre benefits the state confers on the less well to do, typically this involves political funding and attack ads, or things like ALEC, the American right-wing boilerplate legislature factory |
| Unhealthy Products Purveyor |
wealth accumulated from selling tobacco, alcohol, drugs and pushing for liberalized liquor laws or pushing doctors to over-prescribe |
| Union Suppressor |
wealth accumulation activity involves anti-union policies or union-busting policies |