Bernard Marcus, cofounder of The Home Depot and billionaire Republican megadonor, has died
Bernard Marcus, cofounder of The Home Depot and billionaire Republican megadonor, has died
Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the billionaire Home Depot cofounder and a Republican megadonor, who in recent years became an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, has died, according to an internal memo obtained by CNN. He was 95.
Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, the billionaire Home Depot cofounder and a Republican megadonor, who in recent years became an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, has died, the company announced Tuesday. He was 95.
An outspoken Republican, Marcus has donated millions of dollars to the campaigns of right-wing politicians, including the late John McCain, current Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Trump.
Later in his life, he frequently made appearances on right-wing television shows on Fox News and Fox Business, often talking about his support of Trump’s presidential aspirations. Some Trump opponents attempted to launch a boycott of The Home Depot in 2016 and in 2019 because of Marcus’ support of the Republican nominee for president.
Marcus also said in 2022 in an interview with the Financial Times that he was “worried about capitalism” and that because of what he called the spread of “socialism” in America, “nobody works. Nobody gives a damn. ‘Just give it to me. Send me money. I don’t want to work — I’m too lazy, I’m too fat, I’m too stupid.’”
“We used to have free speech here. We don’t have it,” Marcus told the newspaper. “The woke people have taken over the world. You know, I imagine today they can’t attack me. I’m 93. Who gives a crap about Bernie Marcus?”
My one slight praise for capitalism is that it will evaporate all of his accomplishments into thin air and nobody will remember his ass in a year. All that time, energy, and money ultimately will amount to nothing except a small corporate founder cult within HD.
Sadly I'm reminded of a few awful people in history (like people who hired violent/murderous strike breakers) who simply opened up places like libraries and now no one knows the bad stuff they did, or at best just call them 'controversial'.
It's laughably easy to be a Great Man of History; just build a bunch of useless but decorative buildings and slather your name somewhere. See: Europe and/or college campuses. You can even achieve a first-name remembrance if you (*gasp!*) do something a little non-capitalist. The bar is so low
could beat me with it, and somehow modern capitalists are flummoxed every time.Ironically it was a Marxist analysis that could explain why Old Money absolutely loathes New Money.
The Transport Tycoon “bulldoze half a town then plant trees until the town likes you again” strat
Oof
Sucks that he lived to a ripe old age when good people are taken far too early, be it in Palestine or elsewhere.
ANOTHER KKKRACKKKA DOWN UNLIMITED GENOCIDE ON THE FIRST WORLD
Before reading the quoted text: Billionaire Republican mega donor; he's definitely trash
After reading the quoted text: Hey, it was a safe bet!
Well, now he's too dead to "earn" money
Rest in piss shitface
another kkkrakkka down
rip bozo
Hell yea
Rip in piss
- better late than never
Another billionaire down
Sacrificed himself for Trump, we'll see how it pans out
Edit: It worked
thank you, inexorable march of time! Who gives a crap about Bernie Marcus?
excellent question, bozo
Here's how Bernie can still win
Here's how Bernie can still win
So far today is off to a good start! There's still time for more funny events.
Yeah, and…?
And the Trash Depot: How Doers Get Even Worse
Rest in piss, homie.
I'll be sure to shoplift a bit more from the nearby Home Depot in his memory