cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35971063
Pope Leo said “we’re in big trouble” when it comes to the ever-widening pay gap between the rich and poor, citing Elon Musk, who may be on course to become the world’s first trillionaire.
Leo made the remarks while criticising executive pay packages during his first interview with the media.
Reflecting on why the world was so polarised, he said one significant factor was the “continuously wider gap between the income levels of the working class and the money that the wealthiest receive”.
“CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the workers are receiving … 600 times more [now],” the pontiff said in excerpts of the interview conducted by Elise Ann Allen, a senior correspondent with the Catholic newspaper Crux as part of a forthcoming biography.
Earlier this month, the board of the electric car maker Tesla said it had proposed a new trillion-dollar pay package for Musk, its chief executive and largest shareholder, if he hit targets set by the company.
Outlining the incentive package, which is unprecedented in corporate history, in a stock market update, the company said: “Yes, you read that correctly.”
The pope, who turned 70 on Sunday, has so far shown to be much more low-key than his predecessor, even if they shared similar progressive political views.
Francis often clashed with the US president, Donald Trump, over his hardline immigration policies, while Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, also criticised Trump’s policies on his X account before becoming pope.
The good news is that the payout depends on milestones, and Elon Musk has never once met an investor’s or government contract’s milestone.
Nobody needs a trillion dollars. Especially not that fuckwit.
“CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the workers are receiving … 600 times more [now],” the pontiff [said]
I hate to match check the Pope here, but this isn’t 600 times anymore. We’re talking 6 MILLION times more.
Humans have a hard enough time comprehending a billion. A trillion is even harder.
Musk thinks he’s king of the world
I have a feeling people treat him like a king in hopes that it will win his favor.
The only thing bigger than his wealth is his ego
He is the king of the shit posters somehow.
Pope vs. Pepe
Y’all - if you looked at the original “Trillion dollar offer” it’s effectively somewhere between impossible and a hallucination. It requires increasing Tesla sales by a factor of 11 and selling 1 million Optimus robots which aren’t even commercially available for sale. Even Yale called it stupid.
Unless Musk already knows that the Trumpistanian Christian fascist kleptocracy is already planning on buying all cyber trucks for a premium, and contracting 1 million Optimus kill bots to conduct their mass murder.
Nah, they’re tapped out already. If they didn’t buy cybertrucks 4 or 5 months ago, they’re not up for it now. They should be donating 10% of their income to the church, and 20% to El Jeffe anyway.
Once you have enough to invest in assets you basically have a infinite money machine
I will never endorse catholicism (or christianity), but this seems to be one cool pope. Actually preaching what Jesus tought.
Also Fuck Elon. He just wants to make headlines with superlatives, but he & his companies are already on the long way down. Prove me wrong.
The last Pope was good as well. I wonder what the last time in history there was a pope that can be considered good before francis?
Francis by the way is the name the previous Pope took on being elected Pope, named after sanctified religious guy from Italy that is the patron saint of animals and nature. Actually a pretty cool guy. I’m not Catholic either though.
I would hope the pope might also be somewhat concerned about the whole Nazi thing. Not very Catholic those Nazis. I understand he cannot say that though because Nazis are so popular right now.
Guy sitting on a golden throne bought with blood money and stolen wealth is worried about rich people?
