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Trump was threatening Netflix for having a democrat on the board last week. They seized 10% of Intel. They forced Nvidia to tithe 25% of China revenue into a sl
by alopha 7mo ago
Trump was threatening Netflix for having a democrat on the board last week. They seized 10% of Intel. They forced Nvidia to tithe 25% of China revenue into a slush fund. The FCC has been used to censor comedy. The ship has sailed and the only consequence has been hand-wringing.
- pjc50 7mo agoBut the Dow is over 50,000! That is, the money doesn't care so long as it's still profitable. When the recession comes a Democrat will be allowed back in to fix things. See Liz Truss.
- blfr 7mo agoNo one after Liz Truss fixed anything in Britain.
- collabs 7mo agoI think the fix was reversing the idiotic tax cuts that Liz Truss promised. It doesn't fix every single problem ever for England but nothing ever does. I think the solution is also obvious for the United States — higher taxes and lower government spending. We need to do both. However, you can't get elected if you promise both those things.
- kkotak 7mo agoYes and it stands for the Department of War now.
- khalic 7mo agoYeah the passivity of the US population will be remembered for generations. Of course it's the people talking about freedom the most that do the least, as usual, big mouths are antithetical to actions.
- pif 7mo agoUtter idiocy at election day is not passivity. History will put Trumpers and Confederate at the same level of despicability.
- raw_anon_1111 7mo agoYou mean have a holiday for him? 4-8 states have a Confederacy Memorial Day.
- oefrha 7mo agoI was checking Trump approval ratings yesterday. I didn’t have high hopes but I thought it had to be under 35% at this point (I think in a sane country it has to be <10% or at least <20% after the nonstop madness dropping everyday). But nope, every poll places him at >40% approval or ever so slightly below 40%. To me that’s definitive confirmation that “it’s on Trump and his cronies, not the American people” is nonsense. It’s on at least 40% of American people. They weren’t blindsided by false promises, they want this.
- pjc50 7mo agoExactly. The Trump Show is primarily a media production. Bombing Iranians is a special effect that happens to get people killed. Dead Iranians won't be on camera. The media backers, Fox and now CBS and Paramount (the Weiss empire), will support this and make sure the American people like the war. Americans enjoy their propaganda, it tells them they're the white heroes.
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- selimthegrim 7mo ago15%?