Last month, Elon Musk became the first trillionaire in recorded history.
A trillion requires imagination. It approaches a quarter of total US federal tax revenue. It exceeds the combined net worth of Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos. According to Oxfam, it surpasses the total wealth of the poorest 46 percent of humanity. Money at this magnitude does more than stretch our math; it forces a moral question. Is it wrong to be a trillionaire?
For the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)—who won congressional primaries in New York City just days after Musk’s milestone—the answer was never in doubt.
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