"The arrival of Bezos and Soon-Shiong to 'rescue' two major American newspapers has shown us how hollow were any hopes that billionaires will or even can make a difference in today’s economic and political climate."

[ramede@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy ... 'But that could well be where we’re headed."

Yes it could. There's approx 160 million voters, 85mil will vote blue (or red) and 75mil will vote red (or blue) then the electoral college will decide witch color wins.
Imagine, if you will, if the other 100 million non-voters voted Green !!!!

I know, I know ... ludicrous thinking

[mlbellar@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy

"they call it spin the yacht, Epstein taught it to me. You know he really got schlonged" - the man Bezos hopes controls the IRS while Lauren settles in

[nrmacdonald@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
There is a very fundamental mistake in this statement, I believe borne of areluctance to accept the extremely dire nature of our current reality, and that is that these are not "aspiring" oligarchs but current and globally aligned oligarchs preparing to divvy up the world in a real world game of Risk with the names of nations as corporate proxies.

[pelha@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy i canceled mine mid day today.

[jpanzer@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy My cancellation is among these. I don’t know that it’ll make a difference to Bezos but I’m not throwing more money at him.

We need a new structure for journalism.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jpanzer Kudos to you. A good decision, I think.

[tom_joad@toad.social]

@wdlindsy
JD Vance is a ridiculous clown.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/politics/video/jd-vance-trump-former-officials-sotu-digvid

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@pelha Thanks for doing so.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@nrmacdonald Yes, a point that definitely needs to be considered as one speaks of "aspiring" oligarchs here, I think.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mlbellar I'm lost here. Probably so thick-headed I don't understand — and I know you mean to be funny and would like to understand!

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ramede I'd love to imagine that the other 100 million voted at all! I live in a state with one of the lowest voting rates in the nation, and truly don't get what people are thinking when they don't choose to vote.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@steggy Thank you for doing so.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@EBecker Thanks for telling me. I hadn't realized that. Makes it all the more interesting that so many people are reading that article, doesn't it, when the style section probably normally doesn't get those kinds of hits.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mwmkbrady Thank you!

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mwmkbrady @philip_cardella I must have misunderstood Philip, because I thought that was what he was saying, and what I was agreeing with.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Tom_Joad You've got that right.

[jef@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Here's the article, A1 (below the fold) on 26oct2024.

[mlbellar@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy

more likely me being shroomed headed. Let's see...

Trump would be the man Jeff would love to run the IRS as he continues a rather extravagant sending spree on his new wife Lauren Sánchez. Plus I don't think how tight Trump was with Epstein gets enough attention

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mlbellar Thank you for the explanation. Yes, the media have danced around — deliberately so — how tight Trump was with Epstein. I suspect there are more stories there than we've yeat heard or may ever hear.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jef Thank you for the clip.