Michael Scarpati

Co-founder of RetireUS | Chairman of OWE | @Airbnb Superhost | @forbes contributor | IG MikeScar

[Michael Scarpati @MikeScar333]

@newstart_2024 It’s because humans are made in the image of God (beings of unconditional love). This is our default state at birth.

The battle is to turn us away from this divine nature due to our own free will. It is the ultimate simulation of conciousness, because we must choose detachment

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@greiser Great post. Still doing the due diligence on these. Are there any early withdrawal tax stipulations for accessing funds before age 18? Does the Mooney need to be used for specific qualifying expenses or can it be used for anything?

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@GrantCardone Rolling the proceeds into BTC?

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@TheDefiantGhost Just ask @ScottiePippen if you really want to know

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@ChiseledAdonis You take the $500m because of the power of compounding and the fact that tomorrow is not promised.

100k every day is $36.5M / year

500M at 7% is either $35M / year in income or let it compound for 10 years and you’ll have essentially double the income ($70M / year) + legacy

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@CollinRugg This is insane advice… everyone knows Beanie Babies hold their value the best over time.

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@AdrianReyn79551 Booking the fight

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@Hoopss Revisionist history

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Incredible breakdown AND the exact reason this deal will never go through.

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Netflix just KILLED Hollywood...

By pulling off the most INSANE power move of 2025.

$82.7 billion for Warner Bros, HBO, and HBO Max.

The streaming wars are officially over.

But nobody understands what actually just happened...

For YEARS, Ted Sarandos said: "We're builders, not buyers. We don't need a library."

Then three weeks ago he pulled a complete 180.

And the bidding war was brutal.

Paramount thought they had it locked. David Ellison's dad is Larry Ellison, Oracle founder, one of the richest men alive.

Paramount made THREE bids in September. All rejected. Too low.

But Ellison kept pushing.

He wanted the ENTIRE company including CNN, Discovery Channel, all the cable networks nobody else wanted.

His pitch was simple: "We have White House relationships. Regulatory approval will be easy."

For weeks, everyone thought Paramount would win.

Then Netflix entered the chat...

$27.75 per share. Mix of cash and stock. $82.7 billion total.

Paramount countered with $30 per share, all cash, backed by three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.

Higher bid. More cash. Should've won.

But Netflix included something nobody saw coming:

A $5.8 BILLION breakup fee.

If Netflix walks away from this deal, they pay Warner Bros $5.8B.

Nobody puts up breakup fees that big. Ever.

It's Netflix saying "we're so confident we can fight regulators and win, we'll bet $5.8B on it."

Paramount lost their minds.

Thursday morning, Paramount's lawyers sent a 4,000-word letter to Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav.

The letter accused Warner Bros of rigging the process. Said Zaslav had "personal interests in post-transaction roles."

Translation: Zaslav wants a job at Netflix after the deal closes, so he's giving them preferential treatment.

They're literally calling it corruption.

But Netflix just sat on that $5.8B breakup fee and waited.

In the end, Warner Bros picked Netflix.

And here's the thing...

This isn't about streaming.

It's about OWNING the IP before AI makes production costs zero.

Warner Bros owns:
- Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman (entire DC Universe)
- Harry Potter (full franchise rights)
- Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Wire
- Friends, The Big Bang Theory

When AI video generation hits in 2-3 years, Netflix bets on "whoever owns the IP wins."

They hope to generate infinite Batman movies and Harry Potter spinoffs using AI at near-zero marginal cost.

The genius move though:

Paramount wanted ALL of Warner Bros Discovery. Including dying cable networks (CNN, TNT, TBS).

Netflix said: "We only want the studio and streaming."

They're letting Warner Bros spin off the garbage cable channels. Then buying ONLY the profitable parts.

Buy the assets. Leave the liabilities.

This deal "kills three birds with one stone" according to Bank of America:

Bird #1: Warner Bros Discovery ceases to exist as a competitor
Bird #2: HBO Max (#3 streaming platform) merges with Netflix (#1)
Bird #3: Every other studio is now officially screwed

Netflix now has:
- World's largest subscriber base (260M+)
- Second-largest content library
- The IP for infinite AI content
- HBO's prestige brand
- Warner Bros' theatrical distribution

Game over.

Anonymous Hollywood producers literally sent letters to Congress BEGGING them to block the deal.

They didn't even sign their names. Too scared of Netflix retaliation.

Senator Warren called it an "anti-monopoly nightmare."

But none of it will matter. Deal's getting approved.

What happens next?

2026: Discovery Global spins off (cable networks)
2026: Netflix acquisition closes
2027: HBO integration begins
2028: AI video generation launches
2029: AI-generated Batman and Harry Potter content

By 2030, Netflix IS Hollywood.

My take?

Thid is smart SHORT TERM. Destroys competition. Locks in IP.

But LONG TERM? When AI video hits, content libraries won't matter. Speed of generation will.

Netflix just spent $82.7B on the past instead of the future.

The next 3 years will tell us which one it is.

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@Hoopss Payton or Kawhi

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@sixers @PennMedicine 🔥

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@PHLSixersNation People are forgetting how far Ben Simmons has fallen….

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@BleacherReport Oh god no

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@FerreWeb3 SHElon Musk?

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@ahdebee Red every time

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@ellabosslady_ Are we doing wrestling or actors with mostly mediocre movie catalogs?

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@Geniustechw

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The “ChatGPT moment” for robotics is coming.

The biggest hurdle now is just making these things feel less creepy…

[1X @1x_tech]

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Wow this @sixers team is something different…

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@NotLikeRuss PG gotta go. Never should have been added to the roster in the first place. This era’s Chris Webber signing..