really underrated how much these rich guys know jack shit about politics
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funny how Jeff Bezos pivoted to " We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets" thinking that would be obviously pro-trump
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And THROUGH THAT, CONTROLS BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.
We can work backwards, and list everybody who DOESN'T.
Its not the Christians, its not the Blacks, its not the Nazis...
Nothing says free markets like the most heavy handed, blunt force protectionist, isolationist policies in a century.
#freemarketdogma
They believe they and their colleagues -- not all geniuses, not even close -- created the world. No one does sous-vide better than a googler! You've never had wine as good as what that dude is amazon stored in his own oak barrels!
It's amazing how much of American/Hollywood culture is based on rich = hero or/and rich = smart or/and rich = good.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/01/bill-ackman-neri-oxman-plagiarism-wikipedia-insider-harvard-mit.html
Wish we’d act like it.
They probably also assumed that the clearly fascist Project 2025 was going to be good for business.
– Nikita Kruschev tumblr longpost
https://bsky.app/profile/hrryan.bsky.social/post/3lm2zjhomy22k
Clearly, these guys have been head down in deep business and have no clue about anything outside their own busienss.
I loved Anthem. I took from it the beauty of individualism as opposed to a society dictating confirmative norms.
This just hit it home... the grift is real
They know zero about politics and economics!!
Making them feel the heat and the hate matters
Just because you launched a successful business doesn't mean you enjoy other talents.
To be a rich finance guy means you spreadsheet jockey and steal. You can’t steal in a sports league! Hence they go boom almost instantly
Anyways, you can just see how bad that franchise is. Laugh stock of all sports teams.
Thus their utter loathing for any DEI initiatives. They are fucking idiots and frauds and they know it
I worked in 2 f500s and spent a fair amount of time with C-suiters.
They all think $,$,$.
And completely ignore what I would say were obvious risks.
Case in point Iraq where Chinese oil companies ended up taking a lot the work from US companies.
Many US comp struggle to make $.
Comedians have joked about it for years and people laughed.
You're accepted if you have money, regardless of skin color.
And regardless of skin color, you're not accepted if you don't have it.
More truth than fiction.
I have bought shit from Amazon since March first 👊🏻
Not even the oligarchs.
Navalney was an oligarch before he got on Putin's bad side.
"DOGE'd a bullet by the skin of our lobes", one might quip ironically.
Could you imagine playing Monopoly & some players start out with 100x more💰
“Non-profits are govt funded! Teachers and soldiers are govt employees! Tax breaks help the rich! The NRA lobbied to restrict gun research. Can you believe it???”
Props to him for at least learning.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/business/dealbook/steve-ballmer-serves-up-a-fascinating-data-trove.html
Trump’s tariffs are going to hit workers hard for the next decade.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement-daily/retirement-research/2008-financial-crisis-continues-to-impact-the-lower-middle-class
Rigged systems rise prices.
Increase costs reduce living wages across all regions.
Consumers who get screwed most react at the polls to one in power.
Democrats not in power
Market collapse due Republicans
Democrats cannot pass piss tests onto DOGE.
“really underrated how much these rich guys know jack shit.”