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MadameButterfly

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11. The oligarchs own the fate of democracy.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 02:47 PM
Apr 22

Any normal person (rich enough to not have to wrry about money) would welcome a chance to have a major positive impact on the world by preserving democracy. Instead she is willing to sell it for more money than she can spend in a lifetime. I wonder if she'll be complaining some day, like Elon, about unfair criticism from Democrats. Though, she may figure with the CBS sale she won't have to worry about publicity anymore.

I never thought I'd say this, but capitalism--at least in its current form--is no longer compatible with democracy.

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You displease the King at your own peril now. Diamond_Dog Apr 22 #1
From "Network": "You have meddled with the forces of nature. You must atone!" SharonAnn Apr 22 #20
3rd paragraph is the killer. Grins Apr 22 #2
THAT I did not see coming! BumRushDaShow Apr 22 #3
Ugh!!! Fuck!!! LymphocyteLover Apr 22 #10
Looks like the watch has stopped. Tick Tock motherfers. dem4decades Apr 22 #4
Yo K Kid Berwyn Apr 22 #5
David Ellison gave $929,600 to back the reelection of President Biden progressoid Apr 22 #12
Oh well, another billionaire monopoly! Ziggysmom Apr 22 #6
The US replaced Nazi Germany's goose-step with the tRUMP waddle wolfie001 Apr 22 #7
Uncle Wally is spinning in his grave. LudwigPastorius Apr 22 #8
History Iamscrewed Apr 22 #9
The oligarchs own the fate of democracy. MadameButterfly Apr 22 #11
Capitalism has good and bad oligarchs. The bad ones are in charge, but the good ones know that democracy is ancianita Apr 22 #13
It just appears that bad ones own the media and without it MadameButterfly Apr 22 #15
I disagree. Magoo48 Apr 22 #18
i agree that we have to come out in massive numbers MadameButterfly Apr 22 #19
Only the third person to run the program in 57 years? PatSeg Apr 22 #14
So the real villain in this story is Shari Redstone ... shame on CBS for letting it go this far FakeNoose Apr 22 #16
Oligarchs being oligarchs. mn9driver Apr 22 #17
Shari Redstone is a prostitute Sessuch Apr 22 #21
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