Betsy Reed, editor of The Guardian US, speaks out about the craven refusal of both Los Angeles Times and Washington Post to endorse Kamala Harris in the election — that is, to reject fascism

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Global_Repercussions Good points.

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

America is at a dangerous crossroads... what shall it be?

Democracy or the road to absolute power for the few.

Democracy could just die in darkness...

[ralph@social.tchncs.de]

@wdlindsy I always refuse to remember articles, which mix facts and opinions.

[dp0@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy It's not only the anti-trust threat. Rember the "Jedi Cloud" programme that had been awarded to Microsoft after Trump had a meltdown over the Bezos and the WaPo? Jedi was scrapped later, and the successor programme's split between Microsoft, AWS, and Google. Bezos knows that Harris would never interfere but a wannabe dictator like Trump would. For the same reason, btw, Microsoft's and Google's AI refused to tell you who won the 2020 election. https://winbuzzer.com/2024/06/07/ai-chatbots-from-google-and-microsoft-sidestep-2020-election-outcome-xcxwbn/

[sellathechemist@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy I wonder whether it's cowardice… it may just be self-interest.

[godfrey642@aus.social]

@wdlindsy
Precisely.
Govt in any country has to govern for the ppl not just the elite. The elite never seem to hear the word No. They act with impunity on the national and global stage. Im very very very concerned about the global reach of not just Musk but operators like Bezos and Zuckerberg plus of course the banks.

Most govt fiscal policy will take around 3yrs to "mature". So Obama's policies in his 2nd term cushioned Trump. Trumps mess and tax cuts for the wealthy hit Biden before 2022 mid terms.

If ppl are finding prices high it's bc companies are price gouging to make profits for shareholders and wages are not rising in line with inflation. Prices never drop. Wages have to rise. But companies aren't doing this.

Interest rates are controlled by banks and they never act for the little ppl only the top dogs. The whole thing stinks of rampant free market.

Ppl complain about handouts to those that need support (elderly, disabled, vets, trans, poor, refugees etc)
The biggest handouts go to ppl at the top in tax breaks that they don't need.

#freemarket #greedflation #usapolitics #CapitalismIsFailingYou

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Godfrey642 Yes, good analysis for sure.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@sellathechemist Perhaps it's both, but, like you, I'm inclined to see self-interest as dominant here.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@DP0 Yes, there's a long backstory here of Trump's threats against Bezos and Amason.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ralph I think one would be hard-pressed to find articles that convey fact without also conveying the opinion, slant, bias, etc., of those writing the articles.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@xs4me2 Yes, you're right.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Ultraverified Absolutely so.

[hillarygail@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy second group of screen shots from the article you posted. Great article from Substack - everyone should read the whole thing

[johnlogic@sfba.social]

@wdlindsy

"People will think... what I tell them to think!"
- Charles Foster Kane
(played by Orson Welles in Citizen Kane, 1941)

Citizen Kane - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

[differentdrummer@syzito.xyz]

@wdlindsy
https://syzito.xyz/@DifferentDrummer/113370201457182654

[thebratdragon@mastodon.scot]

@wdlindsy there is some kind of surprise from an industry that gave us Hearst, Pullitzer, and Hooray for the Blackshirts Rothermere?

[virtualinanity@toot.community]

@wdlindsy it does not buy you courage. If $200 billion (or whatever bezos net worth) isn’t “fuck you” money, what is? I wonder if in his mind he justifies it by saying those Trump actions will lead to layoffs since he doesn’t just represent himself but also his companies, but his companies have been going through large layoffs now to shore up share price and he doesn’t seem to care about those affected workers now

[huntn00@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy Plain and simple: I don’t care if there some “good ones”, the bad ones outnumber the good ones, billionaires are a threat to a healthy society, period. And how much money do you need to lead a good life without being a monumental glutten? I don’t care how valuable you think you are. I’d cap wealth at $10M dollars, maybe more (less)…

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Huntn00 Yes.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@virtualinanity Yes, good questions and good analysis.