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The billionaires’ power games
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen We now know that the role of the richest man in the world, namely Elon Musk, in the US presidential election should not be underestimated. And we also know that he has now increasingly turned his attention to European politics. By supporting various European right-wing parties, such as the British United Kingdom Independence Party and the German AfD.
ON THE ONE HAND, the general outrage at this interference in European politics by the US multi-billionaire is perfectly understandable. The fact that unlimited wealth can also exert unlimited influence on political developments is very difficult to reconcile with democratic conditions.
OTHERWISE, in liberal democracies, the principle of freedom of expression naturally also applies to billionaires. And strangely enough, the political and media outrage about such influence of the super-rich on political developments is barely audible when it happens on the left. For example, when Bill Gates donates 50 million dollars to Kamala Harris' presidential election campaign, this is noted with approval.
So if you want to democratically limit and control the influence of billionaires and oligarchs on politics, you should do so beyond all ideological orientations!
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