When the history of this conditional crisis is written, it should be reflected that the best training ground for flouting laws and reneging on obligations was being an American CEO. The voters got their wish. These guys are running the country like a business. - ThreadSky

mattdpearce.com • 26 days ago

When the history of this conditional crisis is written, it should be reflected that the best training ground for flouting laws and reneging on obligations was being an American CEO. The voters got their wish. These guys are running the country like a business.

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julienurse12.bsky.social•26 days ago

The extreme version of The Apprentice. What a sad but pertinent insight.

scootersane.bsky.social•25 days ago

Yes! Like VC's taking over companies. Cut payroll (deportations), seek better terms (telling WEF that he'll cut interest rates), looking for investors (AI bros), and looking to expand (Canada, Greenland). Most companies taken over by VC's end up diminished or closed, FYI.

quaxquax.bsky.social•25 days ago

American end-state capitalism is not a pretty sight.

quiettime.bsky.social•24 days ago

I’ve said this so many times. Trump has always reminded me of the way big companies and aggressive law firms litigate.

whodat35.bsky.social•26 days ago

So, what is their endgame after they have ticked off all their shareholders? Do they just go away, cash in on their non-competitive government contracts with their golden stipend parachutes? Oh, and steal/raid all of the government IP to privatize in the way of technology and medical research?

rowyourbot.bsky.social•26 days ago

Except he is wrecking the business. So running it more like a corporate raider.

dianecurtis.bsky.social•25 days ago

Like a waste management business

mattdpearce.com•26 days ago

*constitutional (dammit)

srpassesiton.bsky.social•26 days ago

Repost it!

timefornow.bsky.social•26 days ago

It's weird but I actually read it as constitutional. I hadn't even noticed the typo.

bbennettesq.bsky.social•26 days ago

Ain't just the CEOs. Lotta senior lawyers flout the law claiming "risk tolerance."

honorlaoiss.bsky.social•26 days ago

A capitalistic profit driven business using prophets as their smoke screen.

erincarly.bsky.social•26 days ago

In this case, the country needs a union.

brucehalperin.bsky.social•26 days ago

They’re running the country like a business that the mob uses as a front and then burns down for the insurance money.

dorkuslane.bsky.social•25 days ago

Better analogy to sure. Wait until the protection racket is fully up and running! Extortion R Us

qotm31.bsky.social•26 days ago

Can’t wait for Trump’s federal government to mandate citizens agree to binding arbitration in order to access basic services, and Grok is the sole arbiter

themamiyaman.bsky.social•26 days ago

A failing business.

hornetgx.bsky.social•26 days ago

It should be... but history is written by the victors and I've yet to hear the path to defeating the current wave of fascism.

insipidtwaddle.bsky.social•26 days ago

The good news is that the consequences of their actions will be so horrific that even Trump's most ardent defenders will struggle to stick by him. If they don't reverse this, it'll be Great Depression levels of economic shock within a couple months.

The bad news: all the suffering that will entail.

jackeber.com•25 days ago

Trump is running the country just like he ran his businesses, into the ground and bankruptcy.

annlaabs.bsky.social•26 days ago

Serious question for you & @jamellebouie.net. This Menken quote feels spot-on (again), is isn't it?

subu.bsky.social•26 days ago

...this describes Trump's entire business career. So it tracks.

americaninlisbon.bsky.social•26 days ago

No one went to jail after 2008. These guys had a great teacher on law flouting.

jaygoodall.bsky.social•26 days ago

Um. Most of them don’t know how to run a business.

mftm.bsky.social•26 days ago

Yes. Been trying to explain this since 2016. And working in corporations conditioned so many people to get used to the capriciousness of authoritarianism...these past few weeks likely aren't unfamiliar to those who've gone along because they needed to feed their family.

anymouse.bsky.social•25 days ago

I've been trying to explain it since 1980. Ronald Reagan saying the country should be run like a business means it should be run like a dictatorship.

mftm.bsky.social•25 days ago

💯 (Decided on the recent framing for the younger ones.)

sjlessman.bsky.social•25 days ago

And by default, a business is not a democracy. It's a dictatorship. With the owner/CEO the dictator.

FAFO

blueberryliszt.bsky.social•25 days ago

Most competent businesses have checks and balances on their CEO, ironically

sjlessman.bsky.social•25 days ago

In a publicly traded company? Sometimes. But the mad king ran a family business. A corporation for tax purposes only

blueberryliszt.bsky.social•25 days ago

I said competent businesses, lol

lv2bu.bsky.social•26 days ago

Like an outdated 80’s mall that has axe throwing and a dollar tree

marylam99.bsky.social•25 days ago

This is not running like a business.

jonvarnado.bsky.social•26 days ago

Yeah, if the CEO is someone like Bernie Madoff.

jeannehoffa.bsky.social•26 days ago

Like a monopoly.

drrobert2.bsky.social•25 days ago

Profits Macht Frei

womenwarriors.com•26 days ago

Final Results from #Election Assistance Commission.

#Kamala WON Popular #Vote by 3,565,065. Also #ElectoralCollege with 286.

Verifiable instances noting MILLIONS of votes purged/denied/not counted overwhelmingly of POC #Democrat voters.

So, what are you going to do about it Gringos?

https://is.gd/g98EtC

chadfarrenburg.bsky.social•26 days ago

The most overrated and expendable class that has ever existed outside royal families.

themisterdonnelly.bsky.social•26 days ago

And as we know, most corporations are the absolute fucking worst when it comes to taking care of staff.

crgenovese.bsky.social•26 days ago

A+ post! Great point

cat-jesus.bsky.social•26 days ago

I’m just so disappointed in the silence from the people who are supposed to be fighting for us. They knew this was coming.

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