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Bernard Marcus, cofounder of The Home Depot and billionaire Republican megadonor, has died (ground.news)

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Marcus said in a 2022 interview with the Financial Times that he was “worried about capitalism” and that because of what he called the spread of “socialism” in America, “nobody works. Nobody gives a damn. ‘Just give it to me. Send me money. I don’t want to work — I’m too lazy, I’m too fat, I’m too stupid.’”

“We used to have free speech here. We don’t have it,” Marcus told the newspaper. “The woke people have taken over the world.

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[–] EleventhHour 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If nobody worked, how did he get so rich?

[–] NABDad 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If we don't have free speech, how do we know what the asshole said?

[–] EleventhHour 6 points 2 months ago

Pieces of shit like him never have their freedom of speech taken away.