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But they have been doing it forever. Soros, Epstein, SBF, Bezos... Your ideal is noble but perhaps a little naive.



>someone insert themselves into politics quite so loudly

Soros and Epstein did it quietly. I’d wager that most people have never heard anything from Soros himself or know what he has actually done, but merely have heard that he uses his wealth to influence politics. Usually as an attack against an idea or group. Epstein is certainly not known for influencing politics. And quite frankly, flew under the radar for the general public until the end of his life in 2019.

People outside tech or finance would not know who SBF is unless you told them exactly what he did and then maybe they’d remember a news article about it.

Bezos might be the best example you provide, but I don’t think he rises to the loudness of Musk.




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