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> Skynet lobbyists descend upon Washington. 2026 Skynet wouldn't bother sending humans to lobby in Washington, lobbying is a slow and outdated way of currying
by georgemcbay 3mo ago
> Skynet lobbyists descend upon Washington.
2026 Skynet wouldn't bother sending humans to lobby in Washington, lobbying is a slow and outdated way of currying government favor with no assurances of success.
2026 Skynet would just move a large block of cryptocurrency over to World Liberty Financial and get itself a guaranteed blanket presidential pardon.
- Terr_ 3mo ago> get itself a guaranteed blanket presidential pardon Likely already in-mind for parent poster, but a fitting headline from this week: "Trump Invents the Corporate Pardon." (https://newrepublic.com/article/213393/trump-corporate-pardons-rise https://newrepublic.com/article/213393/trump-corporate-pardo...)
- zombot 3mo agoThe ever-expanding swamp of corruption. But since the US legal system is so obsessed with precedence, these feces will stick.