"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."

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jamesmarshall So it seems to me.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mok0 @cruiser A good trm for it.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@dpetravick Yes, thanks for highlighting this. That point struck me, too, as I read.

[philip_cardella@historians.social]

@wdlindsy The tricky part is a LOT of oligarch types WILL obey in advance. I just don't think that Soon-Shiong and Bezos are doing that.

I just think there's too much evidence they simply prefer fascism.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@LPerry2 Thanks for that good information.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@philip_cardella Yes, I agree — that seems absolutely correct to me.

[mwmkbrady@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy @philip_cardella disagree, respectfully. It’s filthy lucre.

[mwmkbrady@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy I did.

[ebecker@alaskan.social]

@wdlindsy the Roig-Franzia and Wagner article is in the Style section

[steggy@sunny.garden]

@wdlindsy I canceled mine

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Aspiring oligarchs like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Musk’s fellow apartheid-era South African cohorts, David Sacks and Peter Thiel (who bought JD Vance’s Ohio senate seat and made sure he was Donald’s VP pick) should not have such an outsize role in our election. And they certainly shouldn’t be allowed to have positions of power in our government. But that could well be where we’re headed."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #PeterThiel #Musk
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The Lights Are Dimming

Evening dispatch

(www.marytrump.org)

[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.