For Trump, Musk and Farage, the message is the same: voters don’t want to be hijacked by billionaires | Rafael Behr
As the wealthiest of the US’s tech oligarchs Musk could afford to blow huge sums on a failed bid to prop up Republican candidates in Texas, his adoptive home state, in last week’s midterm congressional elections.
Key points
- But Elon Musk is richer than most people.
- A lesson from the US midterms is that electorates are repelled by the arrogant mega-rich buying democracy.
- He is reported to have spent a further $250m failing to engineer results in other races.
Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
This is a fight Labour can afford to pick For most people, $224m (£168m) is a lot of money, especially if you spend it and get nothing in return.
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