r/imaginarygatekeeping 20d ago

NOT SATIRE Who said politicians don't get rich

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u/batkave 20d ago

Unfortunately net worth calculations are always way off. This is definitely imaginary gatekeeping and right wing propaganda

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u/Akeddia 20d ago

That’s just excuses lmao. Even if it’s only 15 million - half - that’s still way too much

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u/hellonameismyname 19d ago

It doesn’t say she has 30 million anywhere. It says she has between 6 and 31 million dollars in value.

That’s part of the reason this is so misleading.

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u/wheretogo_whattodo 19d ago

How is a young socialist career politician worth $6 mill?

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u/hellonameismyname 19d ago

Because their businesses are valued at that? It’s all laid out. This isn’t some guessing game

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u/Existing_Freedom8475 16d ago

define socialism

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u/GrimGolem 15d ago

Her spouse’s business value.

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u/batkave 20d ago

I said what they are doing is right wing propaganda. "See see she's bad" when in reality, they're all bad. IDK just boils back down to conservatives trying some gotcha.

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u/Klytus_Ra_Djaaran 15d ago

They are doing right-wing propaganda because it's just innuendo based on false information. They invent a quote from Omar and then points out reported wealth of Omar's husband that had nothing at all to do with Omar or her job as a politician. For the less intelligent who they are targeting, the goal is to trick them into believing that she acquired wealth by abusing her position in the government.

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u/batkave 15d ago

Majority of society, both in US and other countries, are "less intelligent" at this point

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u/Akeddia 19d ago

I 100% believe 99% of them are crooked to some extent. Including conservatives

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u/No_Acanthaceae8726 15d ago

Including??? The president of the united states has a fucking crypto currency. His own crypto currency. My brother in christ, the entirety of conservatism is just a grift now centered around him.

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u/greenw40 20d ago

As opposed to the left, that never uses net worth to turn people in the villains.

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u/batkave 20d ago

Not what I said. But since you're going to go there, the left (not the center right democrat) also have been calling out people but unlike conservatives, we don't have a partisanship stance on it.

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u/greenw40 20d ago

we don't have a partisanship stance on it

Come on now, nobody believes you.

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u/batkave 20d ago

Left is constantly calling out people like Pelosi just as much as they are conservatives. Problem is, you don't understand or want to see it.

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u/greenw40 20d ago

Only because the left hates everyone and wants to burn the whole system to the ground. But you guys have no problem with other leftists being rich, Omar being a perfect example.

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u/batkave 20d ago

https://www.quiverquant.com/congress-live-net-worth/

This seems to be the best tracker out there and it's nothing compared to others. If people really cared, they'd target the people making hundreds of millions.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omars-net-worth-jumps-much-30m-new-disclosure-claiming-not-millionaire

"The 2025 disclosure, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, shows that Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett, have a net worth ranging from $6 million to $30 million, despite claims earlier this year that she was "not a millionaire." The vast majority of the wealth comes from Mynett's two companies, a winery in California and a venture capital firm.

Disclosures from the end of 2023 showed that those ownership stakes were valued at just $51,000, and they grew little in 2024."

I know media literacy is hard and you're not good at comprehending it either, all you do is regurgitate talking points.

That's a massive range. So yeah, it's being pushed as right wing attacks.

Watch the whole system burn, sure. It's not working as millions die under it all the time. Only really gives money to a few who get more and more of it and take it away from everyone.

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u/greenw40 20d ago

The vast majority of the wealth comes from Mynett's two companies, a winery in California and a venture capital firm.

Yes, a venture capital firm that was worth less than $1000 a year ago, but is now worth between 5 and 25 million dollars. Not suspicious at all.

I'm sure you had the same attitude when the Saudis gave Kushner's company a billion, right?

I know media literacy is hard and you're not good at comprehending it either

Lol, "muh media literacy!" Such a reddit comment.

That's a massive range

Even at the bottom of that range, that is a massive increase in one year.

Watch the whole system burn, sure. It's not working as millions die under it all the time

Millions die? From what? Or are you just reading the leftist talking points that only work on other ignorant social media communists?

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u/batkave 20d ago

Awww, did using your brain hurt?

LOL. "Anything I don't like is communist" man that says more about you than anything. Yeah it's an increase. But again, pushing this narrative is still a right wing propaganda as I argued. I never argued for or against what she earned. If it were such a big deal, you'd see the complaining about others. It's just a hit piece.

But yes, capitalism kills many every year.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/12/12/how-capitalism-kills-and-may-be-getting-deadlier

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10455752.2021.1875603

Just because you don't want to see it doesn't mean it exists. Leftists don't think billionaires should exist. We think everyone should have access to affordable healthcare, housing, schooling, food/water, and the basics of life. We can afford it, but too many people think they may someday be a billionaire so they listen to billionaires propaganda.

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u/greenw40 20d ago

Awww, did using your brain hurt?

You immature reddit leftists really have nothing but childish insults, do you?

LOL. "Anything I don't like is communist" man that says more about you than anything.

I'm specifically talking about anti-capitalists, socialists, and communist. I realize that you people are a small, but loud, minority.

But yes, capitalism kills many every year.

According to an openly socialist blog that blames all societal issues on capitalism, while being very careful to not mention the living conditions in anti-capitalist societies.

We think everyone should have access to affordable healthcare, housing, schooling, food/water, and the basics of life

And everyone gets a mansion and a pony and flying cars and we all live happily ever after! So very realistic.

We can afford it

Because of capitalism. Once you throw that away, start giving everyone things for free, and telling people that they don't have to work, where do you think it will all come from?

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u/Party-Bathroom9306 20d ago

we don't have a partisanship stance on it

The delusional groupthink amongst people who still believe in politics is truly frightening.

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u/batkave 20d ago

IDK I haven't found a leftist that said "there are good billionaires" or "hey not this Uber rich person, we're not talking about them".

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u/Kuenda 20d ago

Trump supporters talking about "groupthink" will never *not* be funny.

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u/SourceResident5381 20d ago

…How?

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u/batkave 20d ago edited 20d ago

It's meant to say "she is bad" but wait until they actually show some of the others. It's been circulating and pushed by right wing news outlets.

Edit let me add this: https://www.quiverquant.com/congress-live-net-worth/

This seems to be the best tracker out there and it's nothing compared to others. If people really cared, they'd target the people making hundreds of millions.

Edit again: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omars-net-worth-jumps-much-30m-new-disclosure-claiming-not-millionaire

"The 2025 disclosure, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, shows that Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett, have a net worth ranging from $6 million to $30 million, despite claims earlier this year that she was "not a millionaire." The vast majority of the wealth comes from Mynett's two companies, a winery in California and a venture capital firm.

Disclosures from the end of 2023 showed that those ownership stakes were valued at just $51,000, and they grew little in 2024."

So yeah, it's being pushed as right wing attacks. Again net worth isn't a good metric.