The planet's most fanatical Israel loyalists now own and control (or are about to) Paramount, CBS, TikTok, Warner Brothers, CNN: all acquired in the last two years by Netanyahu's close friend, Larry Ellison, right as public support for Israel in the US and the west collapses:
Seems excessive, but weigh this against all the joy people will get from being able to create short clips of pikachu playing basketball against a team of hamburgers or snorlax liberating Dachau
It's honestly crazy how blatant the Abundance grift is. "Don't be mad at Wall St. billionaires who control everything, be mad at your powerless neighbors! They're the real problem!"
it does seem bad for democracy that the media environment is undergoing both top-down control through continued consolidation (Paramount-Skydance trying to buy Warner Bros Discovery + the TikTok deal) and bottom-up manipulation through armies of bots
i am a besieged citizen of the united states of america. this is the last thing i read before being shot in the back of the head by the Charlie Kirk Honorary ICE Patriotism Squad. gootbye
- No universal healthcare
- No paid family leave
- No universal childcare
- No tuition free public college
- No guarantee of live-saving care when pregnant due to abortion bans
- Average cost of $310k to raise a child to 18 yrs old
Of course US birth rates are at an all-time low