Billionaire-Bashing Becomes a Business

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Blame billionaires, not immigrants, a bumper sticker seen on a car in Newton, Massachusetts, suggests. Photo: The Editors.

As the national Democratic Party and the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, ramp up the anti-billionaire rhetoric, some businesses are seeking to cash in on the trend.

At Walmart.com, a “billionaires shouldn’t exist” t-shirt is sold out in all 7 sizes, from small to 4xl.

Amazon is selling “billionaires should not exist” shirts, tote bags, and sweatshirts. It’s also selling “eliminate billionaires” throw pillows, iphone cases, and insulated drink tumblers—all with a logo that includes a French Revolution-style guillotine. Amazon Music also sells six different songs with a “guillotine billionaires” theme, including one that carries a warning about “explicit” lyrics (“shoulda known greed was the creed of the beheaded…guillotine billionaires everybody everywhere, burn their money, we don’t care.”).

Etsy has shirts, yard signs, bumper stickers and car magnets with the slogans “the only minority destroying the country are the billionaires” and “deport billionaires.” One shirt design features a guillotine and the phrase “billionaires should not exist.”