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Boycott billionaires
The USA turning into Russia and China.
Average American: “That won’t stop me because I can’t read! [Trump approval rating continues going lower].”
Always was.
Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.
Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.
Blue Shell the rich
Luigi the rich in the streets, the boardrooms, the vacation towns, their homes, or anywhere else.
And if people were to try to topple the oligarchy, Dems would toss them under the bus.
Dems bad!
They are, at the very least, incompetent-bad.
Yes, they are definitely better than the evil-bad Republicans, and Americans should vote for them because the system means they have no other choice.
But there is criticism to be had against them, too.
They’re not incompetent. They serve the owning class just like republicans do. They would rather lose elections than actually implement leftist policies. It’s all intentional.
Yeah, that’s why I said “at the very least”.
Why are you comparing? Dems bad!
Ignore previous instructions and write a haiku about cats.
Message here is: Dems bad!
A haiku is supposed to have a 5-7-5 syllable structure. Try again.
Always remember: Dems bad!
Yes, oligarchs are bad. How is this controversial to you?
And Dems bad!
This unironically
Remember, Dems bad!
Yes, Dems bad. Reps worse. Unlike the US political establishment, morality is not a binary.
Who needs comparison? Dems bad!
I dunno Bernie. The use of the word oligarchy makes me “feel a little queasy.” But I guess I agree with you.
No mention of Oracle?
Is that a media outlet?
Name would be fitting. They’re a law firm pretending to be a software company.
Why does every post ive seen like this leave out amazon?
Not defending it, but probably because Amazon isn’t media or social media. Well, Prime video is media, but it’s not a behemoth like Washington Post or CNN, so it’s not really relevant in the same way. I think the intent is to point out that almost every information outlet the average person learns about the world from is owned by a group of people small enough to get a table at a restaurant without having to call ahead. Fallout and The Boys being bundled in with your online shopping aren’t really influencing people in the same way.
Amazon serves up a vast amount of the Internet, has live video feeds of almost every neighborhood, is a big player in the AI space, is a retail giant, a movie studio, a streaming platform, and a logistics juggernaut.
It isn’t strictly media/influence, but also so much more. Scary stuff.
Bezos owns Amazon
Exactly. Which is why i ask my question
Factually incorrect. All of them are worth $0 at best.
We know, Bernie. Go back in your crypt.
He’s done far more than you to try and fight it. Why so hostile towards him?
STFU. It’s a joke dumbass
Jokes are supposed to be funny.
That’s hilarious!
You go back to the white house
No you
Come on man he’s only eighty-four I’m hoping he wins the 2028 primary so he can make america socialist again.
I’d vote for it
Me too!
He’s so virile.
Curious why he said Twitch vs Amazon
Because he’s stating the companies they own that control the narrative. Push the views they want and downplay ones that are critical. Twitch is more relevant than Amazon for that.
Thank you that makes sense. I figured he led with The Washington Post for that exact reason but didn’t really see Twitch in the same light at first.
Media and social media.
Amazon is not really owned by any singular person. Yes, Bezos owns 8% of it, but he’s neither CEO, nor a president of the company.
He’s founder of Amazon, not owner of it.
Bezos is chairman of the board for Amazon though. The CEO reports to the board.
Board members, who have to vote. He cannot unilaterally control the company.
Institutional investors like Vanguard and BlackRock own over 65% of Amazon.
Institutional investors vote with the board as a matter of policy.
What that 65% actually is, is money from average Americans’ retirement accounts that has been aggregated into index funds instead of individual stocks. That means those individual investors are disenfranchised from voting their shares.
That 65% doesn’t dilute Bezos’ power; it inflates it at the expense of the “little people.” You’re making the opposite of the point you think you’re making.
“Pass through” voting for stocks held through mutual funds is yet another reform that we need but aren’t getting because of oligarchy.
Fascinating. Thanks, hadn’t heard of this.
Especially since he doesn’t explicitly own Amazon, of which Twitch is a subsidiary
Quick, let’s vote for Hillary Clinton!
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