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18. J P Morgan building x 100

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 10:38 AM

Jan 2026

The new JP Morgan building in NY City cost $5 billion. That's a lot of money. It holds 10,000 people.

Elan Musk could build 100 of those. He could rebuild the NY skyline and own it and still have billions left over.

That helped me understand how much he is worth.

"If we return to return to the racism of the 50's, shouldn't we return to the tax rates as well?"

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'When the American empire finally collapses, historians won't be stunned by the greed of the elite' [View all] Joinfortmill Jan 2026 OP

Not this poor working class............. Lovie777 Jan 2026 #1

Well said, Shawn Ryan UpInArms Jan 2026 #2

It is a basic premise of hegemony theory that the upper class creates the values and norms ... Intractable Jan 2026 #3

Patriotism is used for shame. twodogsbarking Jan 2026 #4

I hope Greenland takes over the United States of Anarchy. twodogsbarking Jan 2026 #5

their weather is attacking us right now LymphocyteLover Jan 2026 #14

Colder than a witch's back porch. twodogsbarking Jan 2026 #28

Or worse yet, those poor people think they are going to be that rich someday as well. Crowman2009 Jan 2026 #6

Faux News convinced a former coworker that he was rich. Dr. T Jan 2026 #17

Well, he is "rich" compared to 1950's simple rural working class haele Jan 2026 #33

Or the elite got rid of the votes against them.... n/t Chemical Bill Jan 2026 #7

Since they manufacture the machines that count the votes, it's not difficult questionseverything Jan 2026 #38

Yup. yellow dahlia Jan 2026 #48

I'm glad he is seeing the light; He was after all part of the problem tulipsandroses Jan 2026 #8

Our message for the mid-terms needs to have a poor vs rich theme KS Toronado Jan 2026 #9

Trump said Elon hacked the vote counting. Blues Heron Jan 2026 #10

Yup! yellow dahlia Jan 2026 #47

All great empires in history fell SocialDemocrat61 Jan 2026 #11

I think I would say that all great empires fell due to a lack of oversight by the masses. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2026 #12

that's what FoxNews has done a brilliant job of-- working class fascist propaganda LymphocyteLover Jan 2026 #13

Propaganda plus illiteracy is a lethal combination as we're seeing. live love laugh Jan 2026 #45

Shakespeare amended: lastlib Jan 2026 #15

Well bdamomma Jan 2026 #42

let it go down. llet i all go down and then they will whine and pine on how good they had it. my late mom. AllaN01Bear Jan 2026 #16

J P Morgan building x 100 talking-liberally Jan 2026 #18

Well, Shawn, YOU helped put him in office. Not ME. Callie1979 Jan 2026 #19

Exactly!! I do find him more genuine in his disgust for trump tulipsandroses Jan 2026 #32

And I'm glad to see that too. You should read comments under some of those. Callie1979 Jan 2026 #34

It will be the leading example of... WestMichRad Jan 2026 #20

Your post brought to mind something Aldous Huxley said: sop Jan 2026 #21

Despite the truth of that, soldierant Jan 2026 #43

Shawn Ryan is a right wing podcaster SouthBayDem Jan 2026 #22

In this case he's right. Go figure. Joinfortmill Jan 2026 #26

Further down thread irisblue Jan 2026 #23

com�pla�cen�cy Mr.Bee Jan 2026 #24

My children and grandchildren will know barbtries Jan 2026 #25

Even after it happens, IF it does, only a slim majority of the 74,000,000 will know who caused that collapse. ancianita Jan 2026 #27

The only disagreement I have with this is that laws are often broken Bristlecone Jan 2026 #29

At long last the BS of calling us a nation, not an Empire, s exposed. GreenWave Jan 2026 #30

The noticing MenloParque Jan 2026 #31

The legacy of Rush Limbaugh Glaisne Jan 2026 #35

Hasn't this same explanation been given for the confederacy? BadgerMom Jan 2026 #36

De-education is the root cause beginning with underpaid teachers having to buy their own supplies. live love laugh Jan 2026 #37

When the autopsy on the US is written, the whore media will be found as the cause of death. OMGWTF Jan 2026 #39

Loyalty Of The Poor gfarber Jan 2026 #40

a percentage of that mystifying set of 'poor' Quanto Magnus Jan 2026 #41

Americans worship money too much. In this society, money is the measure of all things. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2026 #44

Yep. Aussie105 Jan 25 #49

They didn't vote against their interest. For some racism, misogyny JI7 Jan 2026 #46