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[–] dou9m@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Stop paying him millions of dollars would probably be very effective at getting some stuff accomplished

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He's already a multi-billionaire. They could never pay him again and it's effectively meaningless.

[–] dou9m@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You say that but these people are mentally deranged from their greed, it doesn’t matter whatsoever that they already have enough money. If they thought like poors like us, they wouldn’t be billionaires in the first place.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What they'll actually do is use the resulting stock price drop to as an opportunity to buy at a discount.

[–] dou9m@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They’re already doing that regardless

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

It's not that they're buying on the dip that's the issue, it's that they're purposely causing the dip with stories like this.