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The question is what would you do if you were Cuban?
by croes 2y ago
The question is what would you do if you were Cuban?
- whamlastxmas 2y agoLive my best life in the wilderness and never have to hear about politics again
- radpanda 2y agoBuy back the Mavericks (probably for less than he sold them for), fire Nico Harrison and trade to get Luka Dončić back. Oh, you mean about 18F? I’d just keep trying to draw public attention to what appear to be hasty decisions made by this administration that aren’t actually beneficial to the country.
- thirdacc 2y ago> I’d just keep trying to draw public attention This does nothing. It did nothing in 2016 and would do even less now.
- mharrig1 2y agoI think it's disingenuous to see what Cuban is doing as the thing that anyone would do because I would assume most would prefer to have more wealth if they could. My issue comes from the fact that Cuban is then directly aiding and abetting the process that Musk is putting in place with DOGE, thus my concern. With that in mind, asking "Well what would you do?" to justify the actions of putting a generally well regarded and good service into the hands of the private sector is a fundamental lack of scope on what's continuing to happen.
- unethical_ban 2y agoCuban AFAIK is not advocating for what is happening. His statement seems to acknowledge that Musk is fucking things up. The point of asking you "what would you do in their position" is to see if you have an honest alternative for what a wealthy, high profile person could do to help the laid off 18F workers (and the country) in the short term, or if you're throwing stones at Cuban because it's an easy dunk. I think there are good answers to the question like "Publicly fund and back anti-Trump politicians in Texas" or "Advocate for changes to the constitutional structure that enshrine the existence of independent agencies" or "buy a newspaper and go against the other demigods of America" or "buy every liberal in Texas a gun". That last one is a joke. Kinda.
- gorbachev 2y agoI think the best would be if billionaires would stay the f** out of meddling with governing countries.
- latentcall 2y agoPerfect my rope vieja recipe and open a sandwich food truck as a side business.