This Week In Oligarchs: Zuck Rubs Giant Yacht In Faces Of Fired Employees, And Other Adventures
It was a busy week for America's innovators!
TL;DR
- Peter Thiel is reportedly moving to Argentina, citing concerns about the direction of the United States, particularly a potential wealth tax in California.
- Thiel had previously backed the Enhanced Games, an athletic competition allowing performance-enhancing drugs, which ultimately saw no new world records set by doped athletes.
- Mark Zuckerberg brought his $300 million superyacht, 'Launchpad,' to Seattle, a city where Meta recently conducted significant layoffs.
- Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin experienced a failure during a test fire of its New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral.
- The article expresses a critical view of the wealth and actions of American billionaires during this period, referred to as a 'second Gilded Age'.