MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoThe staggering $446m Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualizedwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down12
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkThe staggering $446m Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualizedwww.theguardian.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareRunningInRVA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·16 hours agoI hope it backfires wildly, even if it is only the equivalent of a small pinch to his finances.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·15 hours agoA small pinch is putting it lightly. His donation is the equivalent of the average American throwing in $40.
minus-squareGamingChairModel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·14 hours agoHalf a billion dollars for someone worth $1 trillion is about 0.05%. Median American net worth is $216,000, and 0.05% of that is about $108.
I hope it backfires wildly, even if it is only the equivalent of a small pinch to his finances.
A small pinch is putting it lightly. His donation is the equivalent of the average American throwing in $40.
Half a billion dollars for someone worth $1 trillion is about 0.05%.
Median American net worth is $216,000, and 0.05% of that is about $108.