Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy'

And he's not wrong...

From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media...

To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold...

The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522

LoL they've been doing the bidding of the Dems for 4 years, they're just being politically pragmatic

Gordon wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:09pm:

LoL they've been doing the bidding of the Dems for 4 years, they're just being politically pragmatic

So, a politically biliteral oligarchy, then.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 8:41pm:

Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522

Thats just the orchestra with Trump as the conductor. The weak and lazy bureaucrats are about to be feasted on. Now you have to produce to get paid, not just go to cocktail parties. Now is the time to show why you should be working for the government and not believe its a right to be paid by the government. The dems have loaded the public service with lackys to do their bidding and its going to end.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:13pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Thats just the orchestra with Trump as the conductor. The weak and lazy bureaucrats are about to be feasted on. Now you have to produce to get paid, not just go to cocktail parties. Now is the time to show why you should be working for the government and not believe its a right to be paid by the government. The dems have loaded the public service with lackys to do their bidding and its going to end.

Yep, of course, cocktail parties... It had to be cocktail parties.

Gordon wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:09pm:

LoL they've been doing the bidding of the Dems for 4 years, they're just being politically pragmatic

They're just being a bit PC, and that's okay.

Gordon has always stood up for political correctness.

He's no Trump man, that I can assure you. Do you know what you are, Gordon?

You're a naughty old tourist. You hate those globalist elites ever so, no?

DRAIN THE SWAMP !!!

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:18pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:13pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Thats just the orchestra with Trump as the conductor. The weak and lazy bureaucrats are about to be feasted on. Now you have to produce to get paid, not just go to cocktail parties. Now is the time to show why you should be working for the government and not believe its a right to be paid by the government. The dems have loaded the public service with lackys to do their bidding and its going to end. Yep, of course, cocktail parties... It had to be cocktail parties.

Not always cocktail parties, sometimes they would fly to a foreign holiday resort to research why they used 750ml cartons for milk instead of quarts. Six days of dinners and lunches and flying business class.

In recent years. it was just Murdoch who prided himself on 'always backing the winner' regardless of the side...

Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg and a conga line of other billionaires - tech and otherwise - will pool their resources, which would pass a trillion dollars, maybe two, and consolidate their power such that no president or their administration will be able to break it up without a civil war.

If Eisenhower were brought back to life, he'd think it was 1961.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:24pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:18pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:13pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Thats just the orchestra with Trump as the conductor. The weak and lazy bureaucrats are about to be feasted on. Now you have to produce to get paid, not just go to cocktail parties. Now is the time to show why you should be working for the government and not believe its a right to be paid by the government. The dems have loaded the public service with lackys to do their bidding and its going to end. Yep, of course, cocktail parties... It had to be cocktail parties. Not always cocktail parties, sometimes they would fly to a foreign holiday resort to research why they used 750ml cartons for milk instead of quarts. Six days of dinners and lunches and flying business class.

In what capacity were you there with them?

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:27pm:

In recent years. it was just Murdoch who prided himself on 'always backing the winner' regardless of the side... Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg and a conga line of other billionaires - tech and otherwise - will pool their resources, which would pass a trillion dollars, maybe two, and consolidate their power such that no president or their administration will be able to break it up without a civil war. If Eisenhower were brought back to life, he'd think it was 1961.

What seems to be the problem, has the world not worked that way since money was discovered.

Politicians have always had an ear for the richest, Soros ring a bell.

Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:29pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:24pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:18pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:13pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Thats just the orchestra with Trump as the conductor. The weak and lazy bureaucrats are about to be feasted on. Now you have to produce to get paid, not just go to cocktail parties. Now is the time to show why you should be working for the government and not believe its a right to be paid by the government. The dems have loaded the public service with lackys to do their bidding and its going to end. Yep, of course, cocktail parties... It had to be cocktail parties. Not always cocktail parties, sometimes they would fly to a foreign holiday resort to research why they used 750ml cartons for milk instead of quarts. Six days of dinners and lunches and flying business class. In what capacity were you there with them?

I was brought up in a middle class family in the bronx and had a part time job at Mcdonalds but I have since been unburdened by what has been. So you asked me a question and I urge you to ask questions because thats what we need to do is ask questions. I have a good record bringing people to court and putting them in jail.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:38pm:

Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders.

And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:43pm:

I have a good record bringing people to court and putting them in jail.

Jail, eh! Were you a 'mighty French gendarme'?

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:38pm:

What seems to be the problem, has the world not worked that way since money was discovered.

That was the point of the US Constitution, wasn't it?

To protect the people from tyrants and oligarchs... the founders had all read Plato.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:48pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas.

So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:57pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: What seems to be the problem, has the world not worked that way since money was discovered. That was the point of the US Constitution, wasn't it? To protect the people from tyrants and oligarchs... the founders had all read Plato.

Constitution is for the voters not the rich and powerful.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 9:58pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich.

The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history...

They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:00pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:57pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: What seems to be the problem, has the world not worked that way since money was discovered. That was the point of the US Constitution, wasn't it? To protect the people from tyrants and oligarchs... the founders had all read Plato. Constitution is for the voters not the rich and powerful.

No, it was to protect the people from tyrants and oligarchs... To create a Platonic republic.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:01pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare.

Did they create this power or did they take if from someone.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:04pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:01pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare. Did they create this power or did they take if from someone.

Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:03pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:00pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:57pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: What seems to be the problem, has the world not worked that way since money was discovered. That was the point of the US Constitution, wasn't it? To protect the people from tyrants and oligarchs... the founders had all read Plato. Constitution is for the voters not the rich and powerful. No, it was to protect the people from tyrants and oligarchs... To create a Platonic republic.

Well that didn't work did it. So which part of the constitution are they ignoring that was respected by the rich before?.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:06pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:04pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:01pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare. Did they create this power or did they take if from someone. Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery.

Who did they take the power from?.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:06pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:03pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:00pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:57pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: What seems to be the problem, has the world not worked that way since money was discovered. That was the point of the US Constitution, wasn't it? To protect the people from tyrants and oligarchs... the founders had all read Plato. Constitution is for the voters not the rich and powerful. No, it was to protect the people from tyrants and oligarchs... To create a Platonic republic. Well that didn't work did it. So which part of the constitution are they ignoring that was respected by the rich before?.

The flaw was their gross misunderstanding of regal power. They created a presidency that they thought could be contained, but who can rule by decree... so long as their decrees are respected and obeyed. Turns out it's likely not unconstitutional for a president to pardon himself, even preemptively.

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:07pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:06pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:04pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:01pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare. Did they create this power or did they take if from someone. Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery. Who did they take the power from?.

Ultimately from democratic institutions. Unlikely by force... but in the same way the industrial-military-congressional complex took power from them.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:13pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:07pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:06pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:04pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:01pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare. Did they create this power or did they take if from someone. Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery. Who did they take the power from?. Ultimately from democratic institutions. Unlikely by force... but in the same way the industrial-military-congressional complex took power from them.

Democratic institutions don't have power, the power is with whoever has control of that institution. Everything is interpretation by whoever has that power.

I'll take another bow for re-introducing into discussion the term 'robber barons' - although I used the term New Robber Barons as you recall.  It takes a while for reality to sink into the public arena and begin to ferment ... but it is moving more quickly now that Woke Has Fallen.

One at a time ... one at a time... the bleach blindness will wane from the eyes of they who refuse to see once they work out they can't afford bleach any more .... and once Woke has been cremated, dead and buried - the civilised world will start looking at the other parasites and vultures destroying it and those in it.

Hey - you Yanks!  You threw out the Brits over 'taxation without representation' - how come you are willing to pay your billions in tithes - a form of hidden tax whereby the dollars vanish offshore by the shipload - to these robber barons hiding in tax havens who are raping your economy and thus your lifestyle?  If they don't pay the taxes - you do - so it's taxation without any chance of representation!!  Y'all need a New Revolution...

How the wheels of history turn ....

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 11:22pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:13pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:07pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:06pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:04pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:01pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare. Did they create this power or did they take if from someone. Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery. Who did they take the power from?. Ultimately from democratic institutions. Unlikely by force... but in the same way the industrial-military-congressional complex took power from them. Democratic institutions don't have power, the power is with whoever has control of that institution. Everything is interpretation by whoever has that power.

That's an infantile comprehension of democratic power and its constitutional separation among the legislative, executive, and judicial.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 11:37pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 11:22pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:13pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:07pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:06pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:04pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:01pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare. Did they create this power or did they take if from someone. Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery. Who did they take the power from?. Ultimately from democratic institutions. Unlikely by force... but in the same way the industrial-military-congressional complex took power from them. Democratic institutions don't have power, the power is with whoever has control of that institution. Everything is interpretation by whoever has that power. That's an infantile comprehension of democratic power and its constitutional separation among the legislative, executive, and judicial.

Are you adult enough to admit that those in power abused the
legislative, executive, and judicial institutions to go after Trump. 

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 10:06pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:04pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:01pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare. Did they create this power or did they take if from someone. Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery.

nah

most people just give it away.
most people are scared, tired , feel they live in scarcity,  feel they are victins of their environment.

they exercise virtually no power and just want to be "taken care of"

this worsens every year as governments offer their titties to the perpetual infants who have no intention of weaning off that titty.

these people never had their power stolen.
they surrendered it
they find words like "personal responsibility" repulsive.
if they were to take on that burden, how could they play the victim?
how could they have someone to blame or their own mediocre existence?

if you read the 48 laws of power, you will see someone like trump follows nearly every law ;)

its his superpower.

he uderstands how the masses think

how did he learn?

millions of hours of pressing the flesh, reference eperiences and A B testing.

BUT BIDEN WAS HAPPY WITH A MEDIA OLIGARCHY AGAINST TRUMP

Leroy wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 11:46pm:

Are you adult enough to admit that those in power abused the  legislative, executive, and judicial institutions to go after Trump.

And you know that because you were at their cocktail parties?

aquascoot wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 4:55am:

Quote: Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery. nah most people just give it away. most people are scared, tired , feel they live in scarcity,  feel they are victins of their environment.

You're conflating personal agency with political/economic power over others.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 9:21am:

Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 11:46pm: Are you adult enough to admit that those in power abused the  legislative, executive, and judicial institutions to go after Trump.  And you know that because you were at their cocktail parties?

Looks like I hit a nerve with cocktails parties.

Leroy wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 9:25am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 17th, 2025 at 9:21am: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 11:46pm: Are you adult enough to admit that those in power abused the  legislative, executive, and judicial institutions to go after Trump.  And you know that because you were at their cocktail parties? Looks like I hit a nerve with cocktails parties.

No, it is a good metaphor for highlighting confirmation bias.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 8:41pm:

Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522

Is it by any chance same Big Tech oligarchy that colluded with the Dems to filter and deplatforming Trump on Farcebook, Twatter, Guurgle, Big Media and the rest? Biden should tell us ( or rather whoever has his hand up the moth eaten sock puppet should tell us).




The Lefties are projecting their sins onto Trump, once again.

Frank wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 11:15am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Is it by any chance same Big Tech oligarchy that colluded with the Dems to filter and deplatforming Trump on Farcebook, Twatter, Guurgle, Big Media and the rest? Biden should tell us ( or rather whoever has his hand up the moth eaten sock puppet should tell us). The Lefties are projecting their sins onto Trump, once again.

So, a politically biliteral oligarchy, then... like the industrial-military complex before it.

And like the industrial-military complex, politicians thought they could manage it, control it, even, which prompted Eisenhower's original draft phrase - the industrial-military-congressional complex but was warned off dragging Congress into it.

Frank wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 11:15am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Is it by any chance same Big Tech oligarchy that colluded with the Dems to filter and deplatforming Trump on Farcebook, Twatter, Guurgle, Big Media and the rest? Biden should tell us ( or rather whoever has his hand up the moth eaten sock puppet should tell us). The Lefties are projecting their sins onto Trump, once again.

You've got to stop seeing the truth and facts as a campaign against you.

It's not.

You've just chosen to believe and align with bullshit.

When that bullshit is called out, it's not a personal attack, it's just reality knocking on your door.

By all means, continue to ignore it, you do it constantly, but it doesn't make you a victim of a plot against you, it just makes you a gullible moron who prefers to live in a safe space of misinformation than confront the truth that what you believe may not be true.

It's funny you'll go on about lefties projecting when you and those like you are the biggest snowflakes of all with more safe spaces than a pussyhat-wearing social justice warrior, while being so quick to accuse others of needing a safe space.

It's hilarious how pathetic you've become, in victory no less...

I can't imagine what a cry baby you'd be if Trump lost given how many tears you're shedding on a daily basis after he won...

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 12:55pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 17th, 2025 at 11:15am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Is it by any chance same Big Tech oligarchy that colluded with the Dems to filter and deplatforming Trump on Farcebook, Twatter, Guurgle, Big Media and the rest? Biden should tell us ( or rather whoever has his hand up the moth eaten sock puppet should tell us). The Lefties are projecting their sins onto Trump, once again. So, a politically biliteral oligarchy, then... like the industrial-military complex before it. And like the industrial-military complex, politicians thought they could manage it, control it, even, which prompted Eisenhower's original draft phrase - the industrial-military-congressional complex but was warned off dragging Congress into it.

Kennedy could have added to Eisenhower's industrial-military complex as an oligarchy with the CIA - and he may have, had he lived.

aquascoot wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 4:55am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:06pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:04pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 10:01pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:58pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:48pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 9:38pm: Zuckerberg was just fine when he followed dems orders. And now he'll be following the orders of the tech bro alphas. So status quo, the rich have just taken over the rich. The richest of the richest of the rich... more powerful with more available resources than any other singular group in history... They can't be voted out, and now they have a US president in their collective back pocket... Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare. Did they create this power or did they take if from someone. Power is always something that's taken - either by force, coercion, blackmail or bribery. nah most people just give it away. most people are scared, tired , feel they live in scarcity,  feel they are victins of their environment. they exercise virtually no power and just want to be "taken care of" this worsens every year as governments offer their titties to the perpetual infants who have no intention of weaning off that titty. these people never had their power stolen. they surrendered it they find words like "personal responsibility" repulsive. if they were to take on that burden, how could they play the victim? how could they have someone to blame or their own mediocre existence? if you read the 48 laws of power, you will see someone like trump follows nearly every law ;) its his superpower. he uderstands how the masses think how did he learn? millions of hours of pressing the flesh, reference eperiences and A B testing.

Just so. WITCH HUNT !!!

LAWFARE !!!

SO UNFAIR!!!

As it turns out, Eisenhower's final address was not only gravely sombre in its tone regarding the industrial-military complex, it was also prescient in that he saw the future long after his death.

"In holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy [i.e. democratic institutions] could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 5:57pm:

As it turns out, Eisenhower's final address was not only gravely sombre in its tone regarding the industrial-military complex, it was also prescient in that he saw the future long after his death. "In holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy [i.e. democratic institutions] could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."

that ship has sailed brother.
the tech bros just want people on platform
off platform (in nature, with family, with friends) you are costing them money

they keep you on platform by feeding you your own reality, your own truth

gweggy and myself have completely different versions of the truth
i'm fine with it.

thanks to the tech bros, you can pick whatever version of the truth serves you .

you just have to decide why you are bouncing out of bed in the morning and then decide on the reality that aligns with your purpose

It's the Big Brother Media of the Left
                         V
The New World Order Internet of the Right

aquascoot wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 6:59pm:

thanks to the tech bros, you can pick whatever version of the truth serves you .

Aldous Huxley is laughing in his grave...

Social media is soma.

In America $$$ is the truth

in gwegs eyes trump is a rapist felon who should be in jail

in my eyes he's a super interesting phenomena with the strongest powers of persusion i have ever seen.

as a person who runs a few businesses, my truth about trump serves me well

as someone who gets his self identity out of virtue signalling and moral superiority, gwegs truth about trump serves him well.

its all good brother

as i said, decide WHY you are bouncing out of bed and then adopt the truth that serves your purpose.

i get more cash/growth/real social dynamic and understanding of customer motivation

gweg gets to sleep better feeling he is a good guy.

horses for courses

Jasin wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 7:08pm:

It's the Big Brother Media of the Left                          V The New World Order Internet of the Right

people on the left are probably more soft but they are fairly incompetant

people on the right tend to be  a bit nastier but they are more competant

do you want a kind silly father or a competant stern father

i prefer the latter

a lot of people prefer the wishy woshy though.

no problem

horses for courses

SadKangaroo wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 1:46pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 17th, 2025 at 11:15am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Is it by any chance same Big Tech oligarchy that colluded with the Dems to filter and deplatforming Trump on Farcebook, Twatter, Guurgle, Big Media and the rest? Biden should tell us ( or rather whoever has his hand up the moth eaten sock puppet should tell us). The Lefties are projecting their sins onto Trump, once again. You've got to stop seeing the truth and facts as a campaign against you. It's not. You've just chosen to believe and align with bullshit. When that bullshit is called out, it's not a personal attack, it's just reality knocking on your door. By all means, continue to ignore it, you do it constantly, but it doesn't make you a victim of a plot against you, it just makes you a gullible moron who prefers to live in a safe space of misinformation than confront the truth that what you believe may not be true. It's funny you'll go on about lefties projecting when you and those like you are the biggest snowflakes of all with more safe spaces than a pussyhat-wearing social justice warrior, while being so quick to accuse others of needing a safe space. It's hilarious how pathetic you've become, in victory no less... I can't imagine what a cry baby you'd be if Trump lost given how many tears you're shedding on a daily basis after he won...

Emo sludge. Say something intelligent. Try.


Where are the conservative, common sense 'safe places'?
Deplatforming and cancelling and firing people for wrong thought is real. You are not a snowflake for noticing it.

aquascoot wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 7:28pm:

as i said, decide WHY you are bouncing out of bed and then adopt the truth that serves your purpose.

Said the tortoise to the hare!

aquascoot wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 7:34pm:

Jasin wrote on Jan 17th, 2025 at 7:08pm: It's the Big Brother Media of the Left                          V The New World Order Internet of the Right people on the left are probably more soft but they are fairly incompetant people on the right tend to be  a bit nastier but they are more competant

Strange. What did you say about your DL's incompetency, bloatedness and obesity again?

We'll await your sincere reply.

Karnal wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 8:52pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 17th, 2025 at 7:34pm: Jasin wrote on Jan 17th, 2025 at 7:08pm: It's the Big Brother Media of the Left                          V The New World Order Internet of the Right people on the left are probably more soft but they are fairly incompetant people on the right tend to be  a bit nastier but they are more competant Strange. What did you say about your DL's incompetency, bloatedness and obesity again? We'll await your sincere reply.

And a sincere reply you shall have

The fact that Trump was able to achieve what he has achieved despite and I repeatDespite

Being sloppy
Being fat
Eating front bottom
Cheating on his wife
Being A convicted rapist

Only means that his powers of persuasion

Must be even more epic

It makes him even more interesting as a subject of study
And if you are in business
And you are not interested in the power of persuasion
I would suggest you go get a job in the public service

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 10:02pm:

Trump is creating, then attempting to manage and control, an oligarchy ruled by an autocrat. His Achilles heel is that, as the democratically elected potentate he imagines himself to be and constrained by term limits, he is dispensable... the oligarchs he's creating are not.

Exactly!  ;)

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 8:25am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 17th, 2025 at 10:02pm: Trump is creating, then attempting to manage and control, an oligarchy ruled by an autocrat. His Achilles heel is that, as the democratically elected potentate he imagines himself to be and constrained by term limits, he is dispensable... the oligarchs he's creating are not. Exactly!  ;)

I don't think Trump created the super rich.

Rethink your opening and try again

Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 10:14am:

Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch.

Tyranny, as I was saying, is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society; oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite, when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. And here arises the first of our difficulties, and it relates to the distinction drawn. For democracy is said to be the government of the many. But what if the many are men of property and have the power in their hands? In like manner oligarchy is said to be the government of the few; but what if the poor are fewer than the rich, and have the power in their hands because they are stronger?
Aristotle, Politics, book 3.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 10:14am:

Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch.

What makes Musk a oligarch?.

Frank wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 1:33pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. Tyranny, as I was saying, is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society; oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite, when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. And here arises the first of our difficulties, and it relates to the distinction drawn. For democracy is said to be the government of the many. But what if the many are men of property and have the power in their hands? In like manner oligarchy is said to be the government of the few; but what if the poor are fewer than the rich, and have the power in their hands because they are stronger? Aristotle, Politics, book 3.

So, according to Aristotle, you must already be a man of property before you can become an oligarch.

No doubt even in ancient Greece, you could also be a man of property and not an oligarch.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 3:17pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 1:33pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. Tyranny, as I was saying, is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society; oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite, when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. And here arises the first of our difficulties, and it relates to the distinction drawn. For democracy is said to be the government of the many. But what if the many are men of property and have the power in their hands? In like manner oligarchy is said to be the government of the few; but what if the poor are fewer than the rich, and have the power in their hands because they are stronger? Aristotle, Politics, book 3. So, according to Aristotle, you must already be a man of property before you can become an oligarch. No doubt even in ancient Greece, you could also be a man of property and not an oligarch.

Oligarch means a few rich individuals have the government in their hands. Political power due to wealth. Democracy means rule by the many, the poor.  Political power due to the weight of numbers.

Frank wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 3:33pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:17pm: Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 1:33pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. Tyranny, as I was saying, is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society; oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite, when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. And here arises the first of our difficulties, and it relates to the distinction drawn. For democracy is said to be the government of the many. But what if the many are men of property and have the power in their hands? In like manner oligarchy is said to be the government of the few; but what if the poor are fewer than the rich, and have the power in their hands because they are stronger? Aristotle, Politics, book 3. So, according to Aristotle, you must already be a man of property before you can become an oligarch. No doubt even in ancient Greece, you could also be a man of property and not an oligarch. Oligarch means a few rich individuals have the government in their hands. Democracy means rule by the many, the poor.

in the 21st century, democratic rule includes more than the poor - i.e. the unpropertied, in Aristotlean speak.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 3:37pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:33pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:17pm: Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 1:33pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. Tyranny, as I was saying, is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society; oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite, when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. And here arises the first of our difficulties, and it relates to the distinction drawn. For democracy is said to be the government of the many. But what if the many are men of property and have the power in their hands? In like manner oligarchy is said to be the government of the few; but what if the poor are fewer than the rich, and have the power in their hands because they are stronger? Aristotle, Politics, book 3. So, according to Aristotle, you must already be a man of property before you can become an oligarch. No doubt even in ancient Greece, you could also be a man of property and not an oligarch. Oligarch means a few rich individuals have the government in their hands. Democracy means rule by the many, the poor.  in the 21st century, democratic rule includes more than the poor - i.e. the unpropertied, in Aristotlean speak.

Unpropertied = poor.

Frank wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 5:29pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:37pm: Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:33pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:17pm: Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 1:33pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. Tyranny, as I was saying, is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society; oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite, when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. And here arises the first of our difficulties, and it relates to the distinction drawn. For democracy is said to be the government of the many. But what if the many are men of property and have the power in their hands? In like manner oligarchy is said to be the government of the few; but what if the poor are fewer than the rich, and have the power in their hands because they are stronger? Aristotle, Politics, book 3. So, according to Aristotle, you must already be a man of property before you can become an oligarch. No doubt even in ancient Greece, you could also be a man of property and not an oligarch. Oligarch means a few rich individuals have the government in their hands. Democracy means rule by the many, the poor.  in the 21st century, democratic rule includes more than the poor - i.e. the unpropertied, in Aristotlean speak. Unpropertied = poor.

So, those who rent, or lease are poor in the 21st century?

Who is master of the skies?
Blue Origin will be delighted to have achieved its core goal of getting Bezos in orbit for the first time.
'It failed to land its booster onto the landing platform, but that was a "nice to have" rather than essential part of this mission.
It throws down a challenge to Jeff Bezos's rival Elon Musk as the two men fight for dominance in space.'
World dominance is where Trump wants to be but may not get.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 7:41pm:

Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 5:29pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:37pm: Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:33pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 3:17pm: Frank wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 1:33pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. Tyranny, as I was saying, is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society; oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite, when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. And here arises the first of our difficulties, and it relates to the distinction drawn. For democracy is said to be the government of the many. But what if the many are men of property and have the power in their hands? In like manner oligarchy is said to be the government of the few; but what if the poor are fewer than the rich, and have the power in their hands because they are stronger? Aristotle, Politics, book 3. So, according to Aristotle, you must already be a man of property before you can become an oligarch. No doubt even in ancient Greece, you could also be a man of property and not an oligarch. Oligarch means a few rich individuals have the government in their hands. Democracy means rule by the many, the poor.  in the 21st century, democratic rule includes more than the poor - i.e. the unpropertied, in Aristotlean speak. Unpropertied = poor. So, those who rent, or lease are poor in the 21st century?

What bozo angle is THAT? 

No. Some renters are mega rich. If I were mega rich I wouldn't buy anything, I would just live in the Ritz around the world.

What kind of moronic gotcha are you angling for in your usual gauche way?

Frank wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 8:05pm:

What bozo angle is THAT?  No. Some renters are mega rich. If I were mega rich I wouldn't buy anything, I would just live in the Ritz around the world. What kind of moronic gotcha are you angling for in your usual gauche way?

Aww Agatha Frank (they/them) sitting on a bottle of Queensland Farmer again.

And some renters, like nearly all of them, are not mega-rich... and not poor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ1WOnArMd8

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16^th, 2025 at 8:41pm:

Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522

Head Of Crime Family Warns About Dangers Of Corruption

https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/67894dc1e50f867894dc1e50f9.jpg


WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a stirring farewell address to the nation, the notorious head of a prolific crime family warned America about the clear and present danger of government corruption.

"Folks, we can't have any of this corruption in government," said the man who had enriched himself off corruption during his half a century in office. "It's dangerous, I mean it. If Trump takes office and lets Elon glurbdren thu flazzgrizzerbs, obwaltshuuun dorble Vivek clamshirr."

The wealthy oligarch then warned the nation what might happen if America is run by oligarchs. "I shudder to think of what could happen to our democracy," he said. "I'm out of teddy grahams. Someone get me more teddy grahams and apple juice. Jill! JILL!"

According to sources close to the owner of 20 Ukrainian money-laundering shell corporations, Biden plans to live his final few weeks of life quietly on the beach, funded by the hundreds of millions of dollars amassed by his family.

"We should all listen to this dire warning from one of America's most noble and dignified presidents," said commentator Joy Reid. "No one would know better than him."

At publishing time, Hunter Biden was reportedly having trouble getting a Chinese oligarch to return his phone calls.

Leroy wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 1:38pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. What makes Musk a oligarch?.

He seems to have inserted himself into the political process or attempted to for his own benefit across a number of countries. He seems to be wanting to take the place of the Murdoch family only more so. Murdoch seems to have wanted the power and influence I don't really see the same personal profit motive though I could be wrong.

Frank wrote on Jan 19^th, 2025 at 4:45pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 16th, 2025 at 8:41pm: Biden warns US on verge of tech billionaire 'oligarchy' And he's not wrong... From Peter Thiel's eccentric, yet successful, application for a New Zealand passport - then his unsuccessful building permit applications to build a 'Fuhrer Bunker' style dwelling in its South Island, to Elon Musk's lambasting foreign heads of government - using his almost monopoly of social media... To Zuckerberg's 'welcome' into the 'tech bro' fold... The US, and the world, will soon be reckoning with an oligarchy the size, combined power and wealth of which the world has never seen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/joe-biden-farewell-address-oval-office-tech-oligarchy-warning/104826522 Head Of Crime Family Warns About Dangers Of Corruption https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/67894dc1e50f867894dc1e50f9.jpg WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a stirring farewell address to the nation, the notorious head of a prolific crime family warned America about the clear and present danger of government corruption. "Folks, we can't have any of this corruption in government," said the man who had enriched himself off corruption during his half a century in office. "It's dangerous, I mean it. If Trump takes office and lets Elon glurbdren thu flazzgrizzerbs, obwaltshuuun dorble Vivek clamshirr." The wealthy oligarch then warned the nation what might happen if America is run by oligarchs. "I shudder to think of what could happen to our democracy," he said. "I'm out of teddy grahams. Someone get me more teddy grahams and apple juice. Jill! JILL!" According to sources close to the owner of 20 Ukrainian money-laundering shell corporations, Biden plans to live his final few weeks of life quietly on the beach, funded by the hundreds of millions of dollars amassed by his family. "We should all listen to this dire warning from one of America's most noble and dignified presidents," said commentator Joy Reid. "No one would know better than him." At publishing time, Hunter Biden was reportedly having trouble getting a Chinese oligarch to return his phone calls.

You do know which crime family actually have multiple convictions against them ?

the Trump crime family

Dnarever wrote on Jan 19^th, 2025 at 4:58pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 1:38pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. What makes Musk a oligarch?. He seems to have inserted himself into the political process or attempted to for his own benefit across a number of countries. He seems to be wanting to take the place of the Murdoch family only more so. Murdoch seems to have wanted the power and influence I don't really see the same personal profit motive though I could be wrong.

Well, it is about money and power, but not for more servants and yachts...

The tech bros are scrambling for the next-generation technology required to run the AI of the next decade.

The infrastructure complexity required to create chips at less than 2 nanometres requires funding for research, production then ready-for-use, costing in the hundreds of billions.

Dnarever wrote on Jan 19^th, 2025 at 4:58pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 1:38pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. What makes Musk a oligarch?. He seems to have inserted himself into the political process or attempted to for his own benefit across a number of countries. He seems to be wanting to take the place of the Murdoch family only more so. Murdoch seems to have wanted the power and influence I don't really see the same personal profit motive though I could be wrong.

This is the story going on the left leaning side of the media. But I have seen nothing to believe it.

If I was given options on people to listen to and get advice Musk would be up there, you would be a fool not to hear what he thinks. I'm not saying he knows it all but he has his finger on the pulse.

Leroy wrote on Jan 19^th, 2025 at 6:10pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 19th, 2025 at 4:58pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 1:38pm: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 18th, 2025 at 10:14am: Being super-rich is not a synonym for being an oligarch. What makes Musk a oligarch?. He seems to have inserted himself into the political process or attempted to for his own benefit across a number of countries. He seems to be wanting to take the place of the Murdoch family only more so. Murdoch seems to have wanted the power and influence I don't really see the same personal profit motive though I could be wrong. This is the story going on the left leaning side of the media. But I have seen nothing to believe it.

If you mean that there is an oligarchy in operation, then of course you haven't... Trump isn't in power yet.

Given even Eisenhower warned against a scientific-tech oligarchy in 1961, it isn't even a new concept.

Yep...

Elon Musk will have an office in the White House.

Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will be on the dais at the Trump inauguration.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/donald-trump-dark-side-productivity-and-growth/104830730

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 7:39am:

Yep... Elon Musk will have an office in the White House. Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will be on the dais at the Trump inauguration. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/donald-trump-dark-side-productivity-and-growth/104830730

These platforms - Twitter, Farcebook, Amazon, Google - banned, deplatformed, cancelled Trump last time around.

What happened? Has Trump changed?
No.

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:03am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 7:39am: Yep... Elon Musk will have an office in the White House. Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will be on the dais at the Trump inauguration. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-20/donald-trump-dark-side-productivity-and-growth/104830730 These platforms - Twitter, Farcebook, Amazon, Google - banned, deplatformed, cancelled Trump last time around. What happened? Has Trump changed? No.

Nope.

He's still a rapist and convicted criminal.

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Seems Bezos and Zuckerberg followed the 'leader'...

Thiel was already in the camp, so there was no need for him to assume the position.

The question is: what's the deal? Musk's lippyness indicates he's been given latitude...

Time will tell...

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Seems Bezos and Zuckerberg followed the 'leader'... Thiel was already in the camp, so there was no need for him to assume the position. The question is: what's the deal? Musk's lippyness indicates he's been given latitude... Time will tell...

Depends who you read, Some say Musk wears the pants and others say Trump does.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:47am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Seems Bezos and Zuckerberg followed the 'leader'... Thiel was already in the camp, so there was no need for him to assume the position. The question is: what's the deal? Musk's lippyness indicates he's been given latitude... Time will tell... Depends who you read, Some say Musk wears the pants and others say Trump does.

Yep.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:47am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Seems Bezos and Zuckerberg followed the 'leader'... Thiel was already in the camp, so there was no need for him to assume the position. The question is: what's the deal? Musk's lippyness indicates he's been given latitude... Time will tell... Depends who you read, Some say Musk wears the pants and others say Trump does.

They both think they wear the pants, and that's why the bromance was doomed from the beginning.

I give it three months.

Thiel warns, 'never bet against Musk', but then Trump went through a 4-year baptism of fire and came out of it like a phoenix, so...

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:43am:

Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in...

Nonsense.

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense.

The other way around, you reckon...

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon...

Absolutely.

Trump begged Musk to back him.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon...

No, I reckon you just make up shite.

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:08am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... No, I reckon you just make up shite.

positive reinforcements Frank, you have to appease the desires.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:07am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... Absolutely. Trump begged Musk to back him.

I doubt it.

This will be one of those irresistible force / immovable object meeting moments.

Either one's not an irresistible force, or the other's not an immovable object. If not, it'll be like matter touching antimatter—BOOM!

Time will tell...

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:08am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... No, I reckon you just make up shite.

Try 'The Rest is Politics US', Agatha Frank (they/them).

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:12am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:07am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... Absolutely. Trump begged Musk to back him. I doubt it. This will be one of those irresistible force / immovable object meeting moments. Either one's not an irresistible force, or the other's not an immovable object. If not, it'll be like matter touching antimatter—BOOM! Time will tell...

You can see nothing good that could come from it. Why can't it be a good thing that could have excellent results, isn't that what you want to see.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:17am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:12am: greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:07am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... Absolutely. Trump begged Musk to back him. I doubt it. This will be one of those irresistible force / immovable object meeting moments. Either one's not an irresistible force, or the other's not an immovable object. If not, it'll be like matter touching antimatter—BOOM! Time will tell... You can see nothing good that could come from it. Why can't it be a good thing that could have excellent results, isn't that what you want to see.

I certainly want to see them succeed, but Trump's track record tells us the bromance is already doomed.

Everything Trump touches fails, and every partnership ends in disaster.

This will be exactly the same, and that's very unfortunate for all those good Americans out there.

Frank wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 9:56am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense.

“When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects, whether it’s electric cars that don’t drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocketships to nowhere, without which subsidies he’d be worthless, and telling me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican, I could have said, ‘drop to your knees and beg,’ and he would have done it,” the rapist and convicted felon claimed.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:17am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:12am: greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:07am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... Absolutely. Trump begged Musk to back him. I doubt it. This will be one of those irresistible force / immovable object meeting moments. Either one's not an irresistible force, or the other's not an immovable object. If not, it'll be like matter touching antimatter—BOOM! Time will tell... You can see nothing good that could come from it. Why can't it be a good thing that could have excellent results, isn't that what you want to see.

I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:07am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... Absolutely. Trump begged Musk to back him.

Yes Musk bought the presidency and the president.

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 11:14am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:07am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:59am: Frank wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:56am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 9:43am: Trump quipped that Musk came to him begging like a dog to be let in... Nonsense. The other way around, you reckon... Absolutely. Trump begged Musk to back him. Yes Musk bought the presidency and the president.

Yep.

But once he realises how hard the job is (like Trump did after just a few days into his first term), and how stupid Trump is, he'll move on to something else.

They both hate each other, but Trump wants Musk's money and Musk wants Trump's power.

It won't last.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:46am:

I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men.

Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary.

One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 10:46am:

I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men.

Tell you something else I'm old enough to know. In the government services you get promoted until you are incompetent. You do a good job you move up, again you do a good job and up you go. Finally you are promoted to a position you don't do very well, you don't get promoted anymore and you stay in a position you don't do very well.

Quote:

Biden Warns of Tech Oligarchy

Perfect warning to a genuine danger.  Well done Mr President.

The last President before a 4 year presidential void with an illegitimate pretender.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 11:36am:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top.

Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers.

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 11:53am:

Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:36am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top. Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers.

Its all semantics isn't it, plodders don't like go getters.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 11:59am:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:53am: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:36am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top. Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers. Its all semantics isn't it, plodders don't like go getters.

No lots of people do the job well but don't do sell themself well while other sell themself very well without actually doing much. It is a solid trend in most businesses.

I knew one guy who would start working politically at his next job up the ladder as soon as he moved into his current position, He never actually did the job he was being paid to do. It worked for him Management thought he was terrific everyone else knew he was doing nothing.

3 of us went on a training course we were not qualified to attend. we didn't have the base product knowledge for upgrade training. We came out of it with no useable knowledge. I asked the guys if they got anything from it. The guy who was a good tech got the same as me (nothing) the politician got all he needed - He openly said that he got enough buzz words to be able to impress anyone in upper management. He had no intention or ability to actually support the product. He got the politics.

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 12:09pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:59am: Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:53am: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:36am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top. Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers. Its all semantics isn't it, plodders don't like go getters. No lots of people do the job well but don't do sell themself well while other sell themself very well without actually doing much. It is a solid trend in most businesses. I knew one guy who would start working politically at his next job up the ladder as soon as he moved into his current position, He never actually did the job he was being paid to do. It worked for him Management thought he was terrific everyone else knew he was doing nothing.

Doesn't sound like a productive workplace.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 12:16pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:09pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:59am: Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:53am: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:36am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top. Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers. Its all semantics isn't it, plodders don't like go getters. No lots of people do the job well but don't do sell themself well while other sell themself very well without actually doing much. It is a solid trend in most businesses. I knew one guy who would start working politically at his next job up the ladder as soon as he moved into his current position, He never actually did the job he was being paid to do. It worked for him Management thought he was terrific everyone else knew he was doing nothing. Doesn't sound like a productive workplace.

I have found the exact same sort of thing happening in every business I ever worked in private or public.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 11:59am:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:53am: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:36am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top. Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers. Its all semantics isn't it, plodders don't like go getters.

Good efficient workers are different from plodders. People who rely on communication skills and politics are often embraced by management but they are also the least likely to do the job well. You run into this business dynamic a lot.

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 12:18pm:

Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:16pm: Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:09pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:59am: Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:53am: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:36am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top. Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers. Its all semantics isn't it, plodders don't like go getters. No lots of people do the job well but don't do sell themself well while other sell themself very well without actually doing much. It is a solid trend in most businesses. I knew one guy who would start working politically at his next job up the ladder as soon as he moved into his current position, He never actually did the job he was being paid to do. It worked for him Management thought he was terrific everyone else knew he was doing nothing. Doesn't sound like a productive workplace. I have found the exact same sort of thing happening in every business I ever worked in private or public.

You would never get away with it anywhere I worked,

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 12:24pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:18pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:16pm: Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:09pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:59am: Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:53am: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:36am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top. Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers. Its all semantics isn't it, plodders don't like go getters. No lots of people do the job well but don't do sell themself well while other sell themself very well without actually doing much. It is a solid trend in most businesses. I knew one guy who would start working politically at his next job up the ladder as soon as he moved into his current position, He never actually did the job he was being paid to do. It worked for him Management thought he was terrific everyone else knew he was doing nothing. Doesn't sound like a productive workplace. I have found the exact same sort of thing happening in every business I ever worked in private or public. You would never get away with it anywhere I worked,

Yes stick with very small businesses.

Leroy wrote on Jan 20^th, 2025 at 12:24pm:

Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:18pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:16pm: Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 12:09pm: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:59am: Dnarever wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:53am: Leroy wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 11:36am: MeisterEckhart wrote on Jan 20th, 2025 at 10:46am: I’m guessing you’re old enough to understand something of the status dynamics between uber-alpha men. Yes old enough, worked in plenty of situations where it was necessary. One important part of a productive workplace is the right amount of leaders and followers. A lot of companies hire too many go getters and they end up with a bottleneck at the top. Most go getters are either good communicators or good politicians they are almost never good workers. Its all semantics isn't it, plodders don't like go getters. No lots of people do the job well but don't do sell themself well while other sell themself very well without actually doing much. It is a solid trend in most businesses. I knew one guy who would start working politically at his next job up the ladder as soon as he moved into his current position, He never actually did the job he was being paid to do. It worked for him Management thought he was terrific everyone else knew he was doing nothing. Doesn't sound like a productive workplace. I have found the exact same sort of thing happening in every business I ever worked in private or public. You would never get away with it anywhere I worked,

You worked - That's a surprise.

I always topped the list of jobs completed and productivity. It was never me.