Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, with a 'MAGA Girlfriend' by His Side(www.nytimes.com)
30 pointsby carabiner6 hours ago10 comments
  • aggakake5 hours ago
    What an absolute shame, and a fantastic example of the corrupting power of money.
  • moneycantbuyan hour ago
    He would have only $259,000,000,000 after the 5% tax.
  • casey24 hours ago
    Can't think of a better time to go MAGA than right now. Buy the dip!
  • jacquesm4 hours ago
    You'd think that Brin would know the difference between Soviet Russia and socialism. Money sure doesn't seem to make people smarter. Anyway, I really don't understand why he is trying to justify his choice in this awkward and clearly dumb way when there is a much more straightforward explanation that will do just fine.
  • danny_codes5 hours ago
    > Asked for comment on this article, Mr. Brin said in a rare statement: “I fled socialism with my family in 1979 and know the devastating, oppressive society it created in the Soviet Union. I don’t want California to end up in the same place.”

    He must be confusing socialism and communism. Presumably not a mistake. But embarrassing nonetheless. I suppose the gullible among us may be convinced

    • stavros5 hours ago
      You can read that quote as "I fled totalitarianism with my family in 1979 and I know the massive benefits it brings for those of us at the top".
    • tim-tday5 hours ago
      Suddenly paying taxes is socialism.
    • UncleMeatan hour ago
      "Communist authoritarianism is when small wealth tax on billionaires."
  • 1attice5 hours ago
    Class capture. RIP Sergey
  • dmitrygr5 hours ago
    [flagged]
    • standardly4 hours ago
      Proposing taxation on wealthy individuals isn't exactly a sudden and dramatic philosophical shift to the extreme left.
      • dmitrygr3 hours ago
        WEALTH taxes are a dramatic change - America never had them and there are still questions as to whether they are even constitutional
    • aggakake5 hours ago
      Far left in the US is center right in most other developed countries.

      His screed uses red scare words but really he just doesn't want to pay taxes, plain and simple.

      • throwawaypath4 hours ago
        >Far left in the US is center right in most other developed countries.

        Disagree. Far-left in the US is just as far than most other developed countries. Any sources that say otherwise?

      • dmitrygr3 hours ago
        > he just doesn't want to pay taxes

        Nor does anyone else. If you think you pay too little, here: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/708094624

    • hooverlabs5 hours ago
      [dead]
  • bell-cot5 hours ago
    > After once backing liberal causes, the Google co-founder has praised President Trump, donated to Republicans and spent $57 million to try to block a California billionaire tax.

    "Don't be evil" was a long time ago in a Googleplex far, far away.

    When Performative Activism and Praising the King are opposing strategies, the Smart Money decides after comparing the RoI's.

    How many of the world's top (say) 50 "liberal" billionaire support special taxes on billionaires?