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I was initially suspicious after just reading the headline. But after reading the article, I am… slightly less suspicious.
She isn’t an heiress in the sense that most people would think of the term. That is, she wasn’t born into the family and has never been involved with the “family business.” Rather, she married a Walton heir who died, and she inherited her wealth from him.
All I’m saying is that, wealth and surname not withstanding, she could be a decent person with decent motives.
I get it.
But I'll say this, any billionaire that ACTUALLY cared about progressive causes could make huge strides by simply funding grassroot movements, instead of whatever the fuck this ad is supposed to do.
It wouldn't even cost that much, just pump money into youtube creators and organisers and you'll actually make a difference.
Republicans are winning because they are winning the propaganda game, becuase they are well funded by the Kochs, Musks and other billionaire assholes
Until they do they all this stuff is just bullshit.
It's remarkably cheap for a billionaire to do this shit. Bezos bought wapo for $250M
It'd frankly be dead cheap for a billionaire to setup and run a progressive newspaper and/or fund a hundred YouTube progressives and progressive politicians.
Heck, they could setup and operate a general union fund and support union campaigns and union relief funds. They could indefinitely support striking workforce. Doing that just once would completely change how companies interact with unions.
Well the right has been pumping money into Washington for the last 60 years. They run thinktanks that falsely justify any bullshit bill or budget they want to pass. They own 6/6 national tv networks. They own the social media networks. They own the influencers.
It's cost more than a few billion to fight back against that.
edit: They've got the majority of churches too. Somehow. I really never understood how people could hold rightard beliefs and the teachings of Jesus in the same head simultaneously.
The fucking Heritage Foundation, our current situation really is the culmination of almost 70 years of rightwing efforts. It's long but worth checking out Robert Evans BTB episode: "How Conservatism Won" in which "Robert sits down with David Bell to discuss how a consortium of rich failsons got together to fund a network of right wing think tanks and shift American culture in a fun new direction. (note: it was not actually fun at all)."
The tl;dr is basically the rich hated FDRs New Deal and immediately set to work to undo everything he did.
They do not share our American values (life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness). They do not value freedoms (speech, press, religion, etc) the same way that many of us do. They want a return to the gilded age with them as the robber barons and gentry and everyone else as a permanently toiling underclass.
It's worth remembering that one of the primary ghouls/traitors responsible for the attempted overthrow of our government on J6 was Roger Stone, the same traitorous ratfucker who began his career working for Nixon and has a fucking Nixon tattoo on his back. It's really impossible to overstate just how fuckin' bad these people are and they're winning.
I listened to those episodes only days before the November election. Sigh. Our country is lost.
I'm not sure it is, we may well be walking into Civil War 2.0 though.
I feel like a true reckoning after the first Civil War never happened. A whole bunch of traitors were allowed to go home, heads held high, and assume the reigns of power. The proceeded to rewrite the memory of what happened. Making it a story of honor and tradition instead of hate and exploitation. Every one of them should've had their lands confiscated and their leaders hanged. The land should've been given to freed peoples as reparations, 40 acres and a mule and all that.
I think it is a mix of Reconstruction being cancelled and the perpetrators of the Business Plot going unpunished for their attempted coup of FDR.
By just giving slaps on the wrist, the failsons of our society get to pass on their beliefs and resources to their children. We need to at least remove the latter. Their wealth can be used to fund our institutions, such as NOAA, CDC, FEMA, infrastructure, universal healthcare, and more.
any billionaire that ACTUALLY cared about progressive causes could make huge strides by simply funding
youtube creators and organisers
LMAO. How about maybe paying their employees what they're actually worth, and not evading taxes at every opportunity?
Maybe she's not a class traitor but people gotta start somewhere
... I mean, that's a lot of money and a lot of homeless people around her. And she is getting richer each year from the company that pays poverty wages.
The cynic in me says "Trump is fucking with my money with the tariffs."
Totally not disagreeing, but for some more context she married into the Walton family, inherited a 1.9% stake in the company when her husband died in 2005, and has never had a role in the organization.
That makes so much more sense.
The enemy of my enemy is my frenemy...?
Maxim 29. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
That doesn't mean you can't work with them, or that their actions can't be useful, but be careful, and be aware they are not necessarily an ally.
Maxim 30 A little trust Goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.
The cynic in me says, who gives a fuck what a wealthy out of touch woman says in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad when anyone is on our side, it's always good to have powerful allies, and it is mildly interesting from an academic standpoint when wealthy people are anti-Trump. But her expression of support or dissent, even amplified in a newspaper ad, is no more impactful or valuable at the end of the day than yours or mine. Unless she is literally financing change (which doesnt include opinion piece ads) or has the ear of those in authority who can actually make change happen, her money, status and name mean nothing.
The headline may as well be your neighbor's cousin Darren yelled out of his window "go protest Trump". Like thanks for the moral support Darren, but why are we even talking about you?
According to the article she supported Harris and donated $700,000 to her campaign and other PACs trying to get her elected. She's doing more positive than most billionaires, that's for sure.
Cause if you can trust anyone in today's world its some aged billionaire who got her money because daddy was a greedy asshole who destroyed main street bushiness world wide.
Her daddy also kneecaped unions.
I'm from Arkansas. There are people I know who kiss the waltons ass for handouts. For those that only attribute success with money they are the perfect people. Never mind none of the kids have ever had to worry about any material need.
the world is larger than north america… walmart does not operate in the vast majority of the world… it doesn’t even operate in the vast majority of western countries
Father in law
I had to look it up but your right. Having said that they give money for acceptance and really don't know how poorly they are regarded by their sycophants.
Really? Who's her dad?
Exactly.
How in the world did I manage to agree with a Walton about something?
I think it's literally just a coincidence. I've never heard anything else at all about or from her.
I'm just learning this woman exists, so I assume she's mad about her money.
yeah, the waltons are pissed about the handling of the tariffs
It's a dark timeline.
Random billionaire + Reassuring white dude 2028
They're not them
She better be there.
Oh nyoo, first the tariffs, and now the gov hit her right on her slave-wage labour (subsidised by food stamps) costs??
Didn't Walmart donate to Trump's campaign?
There are a lot of Walmart heirs, and even collectively I doubt they own enough shares to control the company at this point.
The Walton family lost the 50% line in 2018.
They still likely control the company in a more abstract sense.
Hahaha trust me bro, she's one of us.
Ain't nobody saying that but that doesn't make this one specific action any less good
be extremely skeptical of "antifascist" walmart owners. especially if they ever ask for personal info
I'm curious about what happens when Trump's policies really start biting into the rich's bottom line. I would guess when mainstream media starts going negative on Trump, he's gone too far.
the lesser evil
That's nice. Pay your employees better.
If only she took out an add Trump supports might actually see, then this might look less like virtue signaling.
Leopard eating faces. They contributed to Trump's campaign and learned they were not tariff exempt. Womp womp.
Broken clocks and soforth.
First unlock the deodorants!
