Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Friday 28 May 2021
How These Aussie Neighbours Became Billionaires by Outsmarting the Big Banks | 60 Minutes Australia
Seven years ago, Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen were neighbours in Sydney. One day they got chatting, as good neighbours do, and came up with a simple idea that would ultimately outsmart greedy credit card companies and banks. Today Nick and Anthony are not only business partners, they’re billionaires. And that idea they had? It’s the financial phenomenon now called AfterPay, a revolutionary payment platform transforming the way people shop around the world.
