Why is Meta lobbying at all? Why does any private entity have the ear of presidents and congress? This is a fundamental problem with the system as a whole.
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The foxes have been in the henhouse for a while. But now they don't need to hide anymore. The American oligarchy can finally shed its masks and go full-on Russia 2.0.
Don't forget about Party Whips, Jerrymandering, and Campaign Contributions! There's a whole slew of reasons why our democracies have gotten fucked up! Not a lot of answers on how to fix 'em, though
Why is Meta lobbying at all?
They're owned by a zionist who wants to whitewash an ongoing genocide.
Well, that might be the case, but I've only been fed tons of posts on FB that were pretty anti-Israel way too far in the other direction. That can't be the main issue...
Why is Meta lobbying at all?
They want to influence public policy for their benefit.
Why does any private entity have the ear of presidents and congress?
A large part of politics is balancing the needs of different groups.
That's fine if all the different groups have a forum where being heard isn't decided by the size of the donation.
different corporations
Which are groups of assets
Billionaires are a scourge
Once they've conquered industry they'll move on to conquering countries. No amount of money or power will satisfy them.
More like a cancer.
The Zuck has balls?
Sure, but they're rat balls, having been included with the rat penis transplant.
In Trump hands they seem normal sized.
Lizards have testicles, they're just internal.
I heard he got a rat penis transplant since lizard dick wasn't cutting it anymore.
Trump: *gives Musk favour*
Teh Zuck: Wat about me daddy UwU
No one can actually have a billionaire by the balls, even if they're another billionaire. It's kind of the whole point of being a billionaire.
Pretty much their only weakness is literally everyone else deciding billionaires shouldn't exist, and working together to make that happen.
Just look at the Russian model, that's what Trump wants to do.
You can only be a billionaire, if you do what the authoritarians want. Otherwise you get arrested or pushed out a window and they absorb all your assets... I don't think all of these US billionaires thought this through to be honest.
A lot of them have been going to Mar a Lago to kiss the ring. So it looks like they have thought it through.
Trump has the power (shortly) to direct his anger at companies in ways that do let him have zuck by the balls.
That's only fair, since Zuckerberg has a deathgrip on Trumps ass with his lips.
Maybe he’s “just grabbing him/them by the pussy”?
Kinky
Can we get Stormy Daniels to video tape it for us?
Get out the macro lens
pretty sure it's the other way around; big tech and their billionaires have trump like a puppet on a string.
Most of big tech actually falls under the TikTok ban possibility. He may have lobbied for it but Congress put him square in the cross hairs. So Trump effectively has a veto on Zuckerberg owning Meta.
Trump is easily swayed, but some of the gangsters behind him are not.
Israel too.
Israel has Zuckerberg by the balls?
What balls?
This is why we gotta ban TikTok!!! \s
Seriously though... Too many zucklickers on here.
Wish Biden had Zuck by the balls.
"Very fine balls on both sides."
Yeah, because Zuck put his right into Trump's hands, willingly.
Big assumption there.
Meanwhile go watch Youtubers vacationing in China, a lot fo the narrative we're being fed is BS.
Not all of it mind you....