"Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country."
~ Mariann Edgar Budde
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"The unholy pact between Trump and America’s richest and most influential tech entrepreneurs marks a significant difference from his first term, when prominent business leaders mostly kept him at arm’s length (or outright opposed him). But partnerships of this sort are far from unprecedented in teetering capitalist democracies."
~ Aaron Rupar and Thor Benson
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/david-de-jong-nazi-interview-trump-musk
Edited 52d ago
@wdlindsy @AnnaAnthro America is a “teetering capitalist democracy” insofar as a broken vase is a teetering vase. And that’s before we get to the oxymoron that is “capitalist democracy”.
@aral @AnnaAnthro And, key to what Rupar and Benson are saying:
"The unholy pact between Trump and America’s richest and most influential tech entrepreneurs marks a significant difference from his first term, when prominent business leaders mostly kept him at arm’s length (or outright opposed him)."