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Singer is primarily a vulture capitalist, operating on a nation state scale (he resurrected Argentinian national debt he bought and forced payment for example a

Singer is primarily a vulture capitalist, operating on a nation state scale (he resurrected Argentinian national debt he bought and forced payment for example and his wealth exploded after 2008 buying up distressed assets and business). The 'Republican mega-donor' aspect is a tiny droplet of his corporate wealth, I suspect the main reason for the Twitter pressure is for Singer the globalist and his elite colleagues to control a global medium and manipulate it to a much greater extent than it already is, cracking down on free speech and with much stronger surveillance and data tracking.

jariel 7y ago
"he resurrected Argentinian national debt" ... wait, so the money Argentina borrowed, they have to actually pay back? FYI this is not 'vulture capitalism', it's not even really capitalism. It's just basic financing.
- olivermarks 7y ago
  https://www.gregpalast.com/rubios-billionaire-wins-ransom-from-argentina/ https://www.gregpalast.com/rubios-billionaire-wins-ransom-fr...
  - jariel 7y ago
    Or maybe we should redefine 'vulture capitalism' to be borrowing money from naive Americans, Europeans, and Japanese by blatantly lying to them, then corruptly stealing and squandering the money, then refusing to pay it back all the while claiming that you are a victim and that the people whose money you stole are 'imperialist colonialist aggressors'. Now that's quite a playbook.
    - olivermarks 7y ago
      I don't think you understand the formal use of the term 'vulture capitalist' https://prospect.org/economy/vulture-capitalism-killed-sears/ https://prospect.org/economy/vulture-capitalism-killed-sears...
      - jariel 7y ago
        'Vulture Capitalism' is not a 'formal' term, and yes, I'm well aware of how it's generally applied. I obviously don't agree with it. Particularly, in this case, the vulture is the corrupt government of Argentina.
        olivermarks 7y ago
        https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vulturecapitalist.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vulturecapitalist.asp

jariel 7y ago

"he resurrected Argentinian national debt" ... wait, so the money Argentina borrowed, they have to actually pay back? FYI this is not 'vulture capitalism', it's not even really capitalism. It's just basic financing.

olivermarks 7y ago
https://www.gregpalast.com/rubios-billionaire-wins-ransom-from-argentina/ https://www.gregpalast.com/rubios-billionaire-wins-ransom-fr...
- jariel 7y ago
  Or maybe we should redefine 'vulture capitalism' to be borrowing money from naive Americans, Europeans, and Japanese by blatantly lying to them, then corruptly stealing and squandering the money, then refusing to pay it back all the while claiming that you are a victim and that the people whose money you stole are 'imperialist colonialist aggressors'. Now that's quite a playbook.
  - olivermarks 7y ago
    I don't think you understand the formal use of the term 'vulture capitalist' https://prospect.org/economy/vulture-capitalism-killed-sears/ https://prospect.org/economy/vulture-capitalism-killed-sears...
    - jariel 7y ago
      'Vulture Capitalism' is not a 'formal' term, and yes, I'm well aware of how it's generally applied. I obviously don't agree with it. Particularly, in this case, the vulture is the corrupt government of Argentina.
      - olivermarks 7y ago
        https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vulturecapitalist.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vulturecapitalist.asp