demosthememes

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What sort of dictator can't even dictate his own book? A dictator's got to dictate! :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It is the perfect place for him to write a book - or dictate it to someone who can.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Mars One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_One received over 200,000 applications for a one-way ticket to Mars & raised money way too easily, before going bankrupt.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I remembered that Cuban was on record for saying & doing this & that link was the easiest to source from because so many people know who he is. I wanted to highlight the deed itself. More recently, was the open letter written by over 250 billionaires & multi-millionaires pleading to be taxed more than they currently are.
As you say, you know it's almost pitchfork levels when the letter, which was read at WEF in Davos, says

“Our request is simple: we ask you to tax us, the very richest in society. This will not fundamentally alter our standard of living, nor deprive our children, nor harm our nations’ economic growth. But it will turn extreme and unproductive private wealth into an investment for our common democratic future.”

According to the article, "Imposing a 2% tax on the world’s billionaires alone would raise almost $250 billion annually"
Question is, why are governments so reluctant to grant them this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Mark Cuban put his money where his mouth is. He made 300 millionaires out of the 330 employees in one of his earlier companies by giving them stock ownership.
Workers paid by the hour are ‘always going to fall behind, - Cuban

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Steps to creating your own "Bullish Burger" Stock Market

  1. Bulk order just before peak,
  2. Resell those orders as demand rises.
  3. Profit
[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I doubt this is lost on Elon, as much of Africa was sold off to colonisers on treaties signed with an X.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It bugs me that I need another me to make a meme.

i = "me"
print(i + i)
meme
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

'Content Creators' really need you to smash that "Like" & "Subscribe" button though!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
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Who Got Next Flex? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I had to update the pic; forgot the biggest culprit -Microsoft. They got slapped with a fine of $731 million. I try not to think about this company at all but I had to fix it. The meme gods had to be appeased.
Also, I remember that Nextflix only bent the knee by agreeing to 30% of their content being local, but really tempted to add 'em.
Hopefully the Next Flex will be Netflix - for the meme-ability. Elon won't do it, he would have already done. He is just exercising free speech, nothing more. If he does get in the ring, then I'll join X 😬 & pay his subscription for a year. 👀

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