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ancianita

(43,145 posts)
47. Fair enough. As you say,
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 04:21 PM
Oct 2025
We need people like him the same as we need investigative journalist, politicians, lawyers, door knockers, soup kitchen volunteers, philanthropists, protestors, letter writers, etc.


And yet he gets amplified. But not JB Pritzker -- who used his money at scale to actually run for office and have a bigger scale policy and spending impact for Illinois folks.
Same for Mike Bloomberg, not only a mayor of the Democratic City of New York City, but consistently one of the Big Donors for Democrats;
or Jim and Marilyn Simons,
or Reid Hoffman,
or Dustin Moskovitz (donors to Future Forward),
or Amy Goldman Fowler (Biden),
and yes, even George Soros and his Open Society Foundation.

So... while it's clear to me that Collins has done nothing that comes close to what these pro-Democratic billionaires have done for the party of the working class and unions, it's still important to keep in mind that 2/3 of all billionaires donate to the Republican Party.
So ... if his progressive ideas help the party, I should accept that we should take all the varied help we can get from the socioeconomic 1%.
Ideas like his take years to sink in, and almost never are the reason Democrats GOTV.
Maybe this is his year. I just seriously doubt it.

And I don't mind challenging people here for not appreciating truly active billionaires who either run for office, or contribute material good to the party, and to the People on the party's behalf.

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Kick SheltieLover Oct 2025 #1
Would that he were committed to the "common good" enough to run for a senate seat & then get chosen as VP when ancianita Oct 2025 #2
Not everyone has a burnig desire to gain power. He had it and walked away. flashman13 Oct 2025 #3
Then people needn't listen to richies who walk away. Again, he's safely virtue signaling in his catbird seat. ancianita Oct 2025 #4
You are being rather judgemental. You seem to be condemning someone for his accidental birth. flashman13 Oct 2025 #5
Nope. Just posting a non-praising opinion. ancianita Oct 2025 #9
You mean the man who gave away his inherited millions to progressive causes when he was in his twenties? Hekate Oct 2025 #7
Please enlighten me about what those progressive causes were. I'm unfamiliar. ancianita Oct 2025 #10
You first. I was just going by what was in the OP Hekate Oct 2025 #19
OK. ancianita Oct 2025 #22
Bernie Sanders is a NY Times Best Seller's list author. Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #24
All the better. AND he still literally fills stadiums with his "Fighting Oligarchy" speeches. ancianita Oct 2025 #25
I was just surprised that you didn't know that Bernie is a author too. Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #28
I hear you. Sorry I'm just not well read re non-Democrats. I wore his campaign button when he first ran for president ancianita Oct 2025 #31
So... Cirsium Oct 2025 #54
So no. Books are good, rallies that promote the ideas of the books are better. ancianita Oct 2025 #66
Per another post, his current net worth's around $250,000. His inheritance (that he gave away decades ago) was $500,000. Celerity Oct 2025 #64
I hear you. Facts are facts. ancianita Oct 2025 #65
When I read the words "virtue signaling" I know it's time to go read a another post somewhere else. NBachers Oct 2025 #15
That does not seem to be the case with him. Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #34
Fine. I don't dispute that he lived by his principles, but question what material good he ancianita Oct 2025 #36
The question is not what more this man can do, but Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #39
That's your question. MY question is what material good did he ever do to get this kind of attention. ancianita Oct 2025 #40
We can all do more. He's done quite a bit. Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #41
That's beside the point. He's written and said "quite a bit," but absolutely no one here can link to where he's ancianita Oct 2025 #42
Maybe because he feels the best way he can contribute is through scholarship and raising awareness. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2025 #45
Fair enough. As you say, ancianita Oct 2025 #47
Chuck Collins gets amplified? Pacifist Patriot Oct 2025 #51
Okay. I get your reasoning and the fact of his mere millionaire status. Mine is that ancianita Oct 2025 #52
Fair, but one post out of the gazillions on DU... Pacifist Patriot Oct 2025 #55
Running for office is the test? Cirsium Oct 2025 #60
Of course not. I stated a "Would that he..." That statement is aspirational opinion, not a test. ancianita Oct 2025 #62
how did you get that? Cirsium Oct 2025 #68
What did you mean by listing them?that they'd fail what you allege is a "test"?How did you get that I'm applying a test? ancianita Oct 2025 #70
Attention? Cirsium Oct 2025 #59
... ancianita Oct 2025 #63
It isn't "rags to riches" Cirsium Oct 2025 #67
Collins is the great-grandson of Oscar F. Mayer, founder of Oscar Mayer meat processing. $500,000? ancianita Oct 2025 #69
I dunno Cirsium Oct 2025 #57
I've given sufficient reasons. All for one post about wishing he were committed to doing something that ancianita Oct 2025 #61
What???? Cirsium Oct 2025 #53
You see it as power. Isn't it about representation? leftstreet Oct 2025 #11
thank you ancianita Oct 2025 #26
This "gazillionaire" inherited $500,000 (about $1.5M today). Not even close to billionaire status. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2025 #46
Wouldn't prevent him from running leftstreet Oct 2025 #48
But there is something very valid that might. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2025 #50
Chosen as a VP? Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #27
There are good reasons. If he wants potential power to rein in the .01%, he's got to get some experience somewhere. ancianita Oct 2025 #30
He does it in his own way, in his work and his writing Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #35
I'm honestly not understanding this at all. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2025 #49
Me too. Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #58
I don't follow the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" philosophy as rigidly as some. DFW Oct 2025 #6
It's too bad more people don't understand this - you don't get to be a billionaire by paying your employees well..... groundloop Oct 2025 #8
Oh, hell, like we all don't already know that Warpy Oct 2025 #12
From Chandler Foundation BidenRocks Oct 2025 #13
Thank you for this background information. erronis Oct 2025 #14
Man, I just ranted in my kitchen over this very subject. BigmanPigman Oct 2025 #16
He knows who the big weenies are. Sneederbunk Oct 2025 #17
The billionaires are the real deep state. nt GenThePerservering Oct 2025 #18
Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer - werdna Oct 2025 #20
I did a short project at the Oscar Mayer plant here in Madison. milestogo Oct 2025 #32
Computers that smelled like hot dogs? Xavier Breath Oct 2025 #37
All the office space smelled like hot dogs. milestogo Oct 2025 #38
That's better than where the hot dogs come from. progressoid Oct 2025 #43
maga is suckered into thinking this shit is good for them Champp Oct 2025 #21
K & R for malaise Oct 2025 #23
"Pretty much everything you care about is undermined by that concentration of wealth and power..." OldBaldy1701E Oct 2025 #29
Interesting. Thank you. Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #33
Chuck Collins gfarber Oct 2025 #44
Brilliant! Pacifist Patriot Oct 2025 #56
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