i stand in favour of both propositions, to abolish billionaires and crony capitalism. The only way to remove their power is to remove their wealth. Would you be happy with billionaires on this planet if they didn't have the political power that they have? Is that the distinction that you would make? Or is it the wealth itself? Are they inseparable? So water now that's brilliant. Rine so and lindsay as well. Now we're gong to turn to our audience questions. If you'd like to submit yours, please do the instructions to do so.
Reportedly the planet's richest person, multibillionaire Elon Musk is currently seeking to buy the World's online public square, Twitter. Should billionaires be able to buy so much influence? For this week's Sunday Debate we revisit a discussion from 2021 investigating just that, when we invited Professor Linsey McGoey of Essex University and Ryan Bourne of the Cato Institute go head to head on whether society should tolerate the existence of billionaires. The debate was chaired by Economics Editor at BBC Newsnight, Ben Chu.
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