Billionaires or Democracy https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/california-proposition-40-billionaire-wealth-tax/ "In a democracy, there is a simple principle: Voters decide, not the people with the most money. Today, that principle is under extraordinary strain. The 170 biggest-spending billionaire families have already contributed a record-breaking $1.7 billion to the 2026 midterm elections. Elon Musk, now the world’s first trillionaire, has spent more than $480 million to bend the outcome toward his own financial and political interests." 1/2