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sasnak

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Dec 4, 2018
443
It is pretty old, but still a great clip. This country's fascination with billionaires and protecting them at all costs is revolting.
 

Tarantism

Member
Nov 8, 2017
361
This dudes an Elon Musk apologist. He can go fuck himself along with all the rest.

Edit with more context:
He was saying Elon was right to reopen the factory despite the coronavirus shutdown.
www.cnbc.com

Chamath Palihapitiya defends Elon Musk's decision to open Tesla production in defiance of local authorities

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya argued that having to sort through local, state and federal laws is confusing for businesses and there needs to be a coherent way to get back to work.
 

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Oct 26, 2017
24,586
Who is the desi dude? He sounds pretty smart and knowledgeable unlike empty suit on the other end.
 

jarekx

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Oct 25, 2017
624
I mean, yea. In America we protect the rich at all costs. It's basically the opposite of what this guy says and it should be flipped. The rich can handle it regardless.
 

Merv

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Oct 27, 2017
6,460
The stock market is legalized gambling and they use the Fed/U.S. tax dollars to make sure they never lose.
 

Nepenthe

When the music hits, you feel no pain.
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Oct 25, 2017
20,694
Always told about the values of the free market and the reality of taking risks. That shit stops mattering after a certain financial threshold.

The rich deserve to get wiped out.
 

el jacko

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Dec 12, 2017
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It's an old clip, sure, but hearing him say "Who cares!" absolutely never gets old. It's so good! I love this.

Angry that this didn't come true, and it appears that the US government is propping up bad CEOs and dumb billionaires at the expense of the entire working class of this country, but the video is still pornographically good to watch.
 

Kthulhu

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Oct 25, 2017
14,670
Always told about the values of the free market and the reality of taking risks. That shit stops mattering after a certain financial threshold.

The rich deserve to get wiped out.

Everyone loves the idea of the free market and open competition till they realized someone else is eating their lunch.
 

entremet

You wouldn't toast a NES cartridge
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Oct 26, 2017
60,096
Sri Lankan born but raised in Canada. Made it big after very humble beginnings. Dude has some head scratching opinions at times but he is very capable and smart.
He understands the importance of social safety nets and thinks American veered too far in the whole bootstraps mentality. I mean, look at coronavirus. He's been proved right. Anyone following global politics at a cursory level would also know this. American's social safety nets are amongst in the developed world--and a good part of the population has been brainwashed to believe it.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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I don't get the host's shocked attitude. Investing in stocks is gambling, it's like saying that it's immoral to let someone who gambles lose their money? If you find it immoral, then you should do away with the stock market altogether. Now you're just making other people who _didn't_ gamble take the loss of the gambler, it makes zero sense...
 

Kyougar

Cute Animal Whisperer
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Nov 3, 2017
9,359
someone should explain to the host that he is promoting communism and planned economy.
 

Stuntman

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
2,157
I don't get the host's shocked attitude. Investing in stocks is gambling, it's like saying that it's immoral to let someone who gambles lose their money? If you find it immoral, then you should do away with the stock market altogether. Now you're just making other people who _didn't_ gamble take the loss of the gambler, it makes zero sense...
There's evidence on how many of news anchor people are billionaires themselves or come from rich white families and are put there by the boards of these media conglomerates extrictly to humanize this kind of person and to push all kinds of agendas. This happens even on "leftie" media.

It all comes down to capitalism and not losing sponsors and give an image to the working class of a cool, serious and respected white, rich and billionaire anchor man/woman.
 

Carnby

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,237
To be fair to OP, the video was posted only 5 days ago. But yeah, this clip happened when the outbreak started.
 

Byakuya769

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Oct 29, 2017
2,718
His position is that workers aren't fucked in bankruptcy? They are. Especially when a PE firm takes the company private!
 
Oct 25, 2017
13,678
Imagine the US government bailing out your bad investments, that sounds great, I would invest in everything if I knew that.
 
The US has psychologically conditioned people at a very low level, to regard the rich as having the divine right of kings. Even if people do not consciously realize they regard the rich that way.

If something sad happens to the rich, many people experience a sense of undefinable panic because the natural order is being upset.
 

nihilence

nøthing but silence
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Oct 25, 2017
15,933
From 'quake area to big OH.
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