Joseph Edelman isn't known for donating to conservative causes, but HuffPost uncovered major donations to groups opposing trans rights.

Joseph Edelman isn’t known for donating to conservative causes, but HuffPost uncovered major donations to groups opposing trans rights.

  • AlphaOmega@lemmy.world
    102·
    11 months ago

    If I was a billionaire, funding hate groups wouldn’t even be a thought. I’d be too busy traveling, partying and generally enjoying life.

    You have to a miserable asshole to have a billion dollars and spend money on funding hate groups.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      36·
      11 months ago

      If you stopped and enjoyed yourself when you had enough money to live a lavish lifestyle for the rest of your life, you wouldn’t become a billionaire.

      • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        11 months ago

        For these people, it’s no longer about personal comfort or happiness anymore. It’s about chasing more power.

    • CyberDine@lemmy.world
      22·
      11 months ago

      Counterpoint, if you’re a Billionaire you probably subscribe to the idea of class warfare and that it’s your civic duty to fuck the poors. Keep donating money to causes that keep the poor eating themselves and not the wealthy.

    • FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world
      11·
      11 months ago

      These guys DO all those things. But they also chase power in between their trips to ^^insert ^^your ^^fantasy ^^vacation

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      10·
      11 months ago

      Yeah I’d probably be dumping money into creating a more equal and sustainable society while helping friends live a nice life

    • Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      11 months ago

      IMO, enjoying things come at being a millionaire; a certain je nais se quois gets lost with being a billionaire, no matter how much they chase it down.

  • Octagon9561@lemmy.ml
    96·
    11 months ago

    This is why billionaires should not exist. Expressing my true feelings towards them would probably get me banned on world so I’ll leave it at that.

  • Erika2rsis
    51·
    11 months ago

    Some chud I used to see regularly: “Blackrock is funding WOKE in the movies in order to change pubic opinion!!!”

    Meanwhile, actual conservative billionaires:

      • Erika2rsis
        9·
        11 months ago

        I’m saving this one, hell yeah, I love it. That chud was absolutely obsessed with Joe Rogan, acting like that guy was the new messiah, all while he went on and on about “the corrupting influence of media from America”. It drove me up the wall…

  • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz
    37·
    11 months ago

    Damn his wiki doesn’t really describe anything he did to become a millionaire, except for being born is a good family. That’s really all it takes huh?

    On the other hand, great to see these donations have already been added to his page. Fuck this guy and everything around him.