It’s more symbolic than anything.

Yup, he’s getting ready for the Black Friday for billionaires.

I suspect another reason could be that they want to have cash on hand to buy things up when the crash happens. Every time there’s a crash we see a massive wealth transfer to the top, and billionaires are positioning too take advantage of the one that’s unfolding.

Seems pretty likely that it’ll happen within the next 4 years.

It’s so very selfish of you to not devote every second of your waking life towards generating profit for our beloved oligarchs.

Indeed, she’s very much on point.

that’s what happens when you get high on your own supply

that’s right, cause that’s where the money comes from

oh prominent libs have been acting like this too

lol fair point

White liberals finally revealed themselves as racist bigots that they are. They must have found it so hard to conceal their true nature while attempting to court minorities, and now that they didn’t get what they wanted, their true feelings burst into the open. The irony is particularly striking given that tolerance and acceptance were supposed to be the defining characteristics distinguishing them from MAGA.

That’s cause you’re not in a cult. :)

Indeed, it paints the relationship in misleading way.

Exactly, if a company stops being solvent but it is of national importance then it should be nationalized. Full stop. At that point we’re basically saying that whatever the company does produces social value that’s important to maintain regardless of the profit motive.

That’s my read on it.

I get the impression people tend to underestimate just how bad climate change is going to be for the global north in the coming years.

welcome to the new normal

it’s a natural habitat for that witch

lmao

Incidentally, paywalls also act as a barrier for the hoi polloi. Only the affluent get to see the full news, and these interesting tid bits tend to be buried deep behind the paywalls. Most people tend to only see the headlines that often completely misrepresent things.