He’s Got $250 Million to Spend on Communist Revolution (archive.ph)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by tree@lemmy.zip to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

19 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Fergie Chambers is heir to one of the biggest American family fortunes. He’s also a revolutionary with ‘actual bloodlust’ building a mysterious commune in Massachusetts. His neighbors are scared.

read more: https://archive.ph/L9LUT

The article is archived as I believe there is a policy here about direct links to reactionary source and I think this source is linked to Bari Weiss so I'm gonna guess that qualifies.

Article referenced in the recent The Russians podcast episode, article itself is meant to be a hit piece on Chambers, but still a wild read. If you can't stomache the article listen to the podcast episode.

Chambers' response to the article: https://nitter.net/jccfergie/status/1732398107847954909#m

This is not a personal endorsement of Chambers or his groups, just fascinating someone like this exists.

podcast ep link: https://podcastaddict.com/the-russians/episode/169752574

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 29 points 9 months ago

How do I ride this golden goose?

[-] tree@lemmy.zip 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I honestly wonder if they would fund someone here's project if they @d them in a compelling tweet, a quarter billion is an unimaginable amount of wealth. I don't know what strings would be attatched, but it seems like they are ready to throw down cash for stuff.