r/technology • u/marketrent • Aug 16 '26

Society Bernie Sanders calls out Sergey Brin for spending over $100 million to defeat California’s billionaire tax — ‘If California passes its one-time 5% wealth tax, Brin would owe $14 billion and still be worth $270 billion’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bernie-sanders-calls-sergey-brin-120113695.html
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u/AskingYouQuestions48 Aug 17 '26

He is not stealing labor from Google lol.

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u/ilikedmatrixiv Aug 17 '26

Okay, then what labor is he doing that warrants him being paid millions in wage and stock options? What part of his day-to-day is contributing billions to Google's revenue?

If you can't answer that question, then you must conclude that he is taking part of the value that other workers at Google are contributing and paying it to himself. Thus stealing labor from Google.

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u/AskingYouQuestions48 Aug 17 '26

Namely, creating the company that enables that workers to earn high six figure salaries, that instead would be doing something else, likely at lower pay.

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u/ilikedmatrixiv Aug 18 '26

The company wasn't worth billions when he made it, it only became so valuable later on due to the contributions of others as well.

Also, you didn't answer the question. What labor does he do that generates the billions of dollars he's been paid?