“CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the workers are receiving … 600 times more,” the pope said in a new interview with a senior correspondent for Crux.
“Yesterday [there was] the news that Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world. What does that mean and what’s that about? If that is the only thing that has value any more, then we’re in big trouble,” he added.
The Tesla board recently unveiled a heinous trillion-dollar pay package for Musk, who is still the company’s CEO and largest shareholder. In order to obtain that disgustingly plutocratic payout, Musk will have to ensure that Tesla’s valuation increases from $1 trillion to $8.5 trillion over the coming decade. It’s no mystery how he intends to achieve that…
Musk pumped money into Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican Party more broadly during the last election cycle to tighten his grasp over the federal government. By accelerating the corruption in Washington D.C., he hopes to ensure that massively lucrative government contracts continue flowing into his company. At the same time, he’s inflaming cultural and partisan divisions by spreading lies about “left wing violence” and amplifying far-right propaganda about transgender people.
The richer that Musk gets — including from the tax cuts from the “big, beautiful bill” — the more money that he has to pump into our political system. It’s a vicious cycle that funnels more and more power to billionaires while the rest of us have our rights stripped away and our democracy dismantled for parts. He is not someone to admire. He is a monster.
Much of MAGA world already despises Pope Leo because he speaks out in defense of migrants and the working class. They hate that he espouses the true values championed by Jesus Christ instead of the twisted, greed-based evangelical ideology that underpins the modern GOP. His criticisms of Musk, although measured and fair, are sure to make him even more enemies on the right.
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