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It’s not my impression that the media calls every foreign billionaire an oligarch. i’ve never heard george soros described that way for example. oligarch has a connotation of being highly connected to the government, but the US government often seems actively hostile to Tesla

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> the US government often seems actively hostile to Tesla

Literally every company he runs depends heavily on the government for funding. I'm not saying that as an attack - Tesla, SpaceX, and posibly Boring (too soon to tell) provide good products that should be supported by government.

But with that context it's very hard to say that the US government is "hostile".

George Soros is not a foreign billionaire. He's a US citizen as has worked and lived in the US for most of his life.

The more you know. I'd always heard that he was Hungarian, but not that he was Hungarian-American and lives in Katonah, New York. Pretty insane that he has a reputation on the right as a foreign meddler given those facts.

Hm. My dad is a US citizen, born in the US, but grew up in france before he came to live in the US and I think most people would consider him foreign. But I see your point.

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