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Brian Merchant
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So far in Davos

-a room full of billionaires laughed tauntingly at @AOC’s 70% marginal tax prop.
-Bill Gates scoffed at notion the system was broken, hinted critics were communists
-Tony Blair laughed at idea his cohort was responsible for any global malady

Uh, keep it up guys
Both @AOC & @AnandWrites deserve immense credit for forcing the issue here & exposing the quality of response from elites. AOC is making bold, risky policy moves with moral clarity & Anand's writing/crusade to expose the WEF set is legitimately gutsy amazon.com/Winners-Take-A…
I don't have a soundcloud but I do have this post I wrote yesterday about how the Davos set is angling to saddle the public with the burden of retraining the workers they have automated out of jobs, which seems relevant gizmodo.com/the-davos-elit…
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