They either just don’t give a fuck at all about future humans and just want all the profit for themselves now, or they are genuinely stupid and don’t actually understand economic theory at all.
Either way is a bad look.
Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Because the people who own news corps are hella rich, and hella rich people mostly prefer Trump because he’s gonna give them a HUGE tax break again.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
They’re just trying to min/max their personal financial gain:effort ratio.
riskable@programming.dev 2 months ago
Rich people believe that no matter how rough the world gets they will be fine as long as they remain rich. History has shown repeatedly that this is a false assumption, demonstrating that the rich in America really are just as dumb as poor conservatives who get suckered into voting against their own interests every election.
Also many of the absurdly wealthy are sociopaths and narcissists (because our economic system allows people like that to succeed by stepping on everyone else). To them, all that matters is how they look among their “in group.” So if they think they’ll look better by being a few billion richer they do whatever it takes to get there… No matter the long term consequences. Either to them or anyone else.