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Matt Novak
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Tech reporter at Gizmodo. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: matt@paleofuture.com
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I tried to figure out where he got this claim that "70% of all the wealth in America is owned by Democrats" and the closest I could find is from CNBC: "President-elect Joe Biden won 477 counties that together generate 70% of U.S. GDP." ....which is just not the same thing at all lol

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: “When you realize that 70 percent of all the wealth in America is owned by Democrats, you realize the party of the people is now the Republican Party."
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Hhikoukihikouki9.bsky.social

tbh I wouldn't be surprised if democrats had a much larger share of income while republicans had a much larger share of wealth

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SCstevierea.bsky.social

I was similarly confused about this a few weeks back! It traced it to a (deliberately) bad faith interpretation of this Brookings Institution piece, which has (as always happens) since become a right-wing talking point:

Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America's economy. What does this mean for the nation's political-economic divide?
Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America's economy. What does this mean for the nation's political-economic divide?

This economic rift that persists in dividing the nation is a problem because it underscores the near-certainty of both continued clashes between the political parties and continued alienation and misu...

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BVrwv37.bsky.social

Rob! Robby! Rob Man! The Robster! Rob Rob! The Robster makin' assumptions, Mister Rob! Robby!

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Dduanehere.bsky.social

Don't confuse Rob Schneider with deep thoughts. That was Jack Handy (and Al Franken).😜

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RSrismith.bsky.social

The Richmeister complaining about the Democrats having too much money. Guess he's the Poormeister now.

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not sure if that's a misconstrual born of idiocy or genius (jk it's idiocy, it's Rob Schneider we're talking about here)

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Cchrisbyc.bsky.social

Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to post.

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DFdonferrari.bsky.social

Ugh, he's talking about George Soros, isn't he

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Ttumescentnumpty.bsky.social

Well if Rob Schneider says so

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spencerwindes.bsky.social

Thank god there's no rich Republicans in *checks notes* Palm Beach County.

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Matt Novak
@paleofuture.bsky.social
Tech reporter at Gizmodo. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: matt@paleofuture.com
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