The former hedge fund titan is waging one of the most expensive gubernatorial campaigns in US history — on a platform the business community hates.
The former hedge fund titan is waging one of the most expensive gubernatorial campaigns in US history — on a platform the business community hates.
Similar vibe. I’m not fully convinced that any billionaire is truly looking out for working class interests, but Steyer at least has a historical track record that we can point to and use as a benchmark for what to expect. There are no good billionaires, but in a world where more and more billionaires are running for office themselves or backing non-billionaire candidates all the time, he’s probably the least bad of them.
We wouldn’t have Marx if Engels hadn’t worked against his class interests, so class traitors from the ruling class can happen. In this era of neoliberalism, I’m mostly expecting this person to be somewhat like Bernie