• chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I mean, congrats? Kind of irrelevant to the discussion here, then.

    “Oligarchy becomes smaller and more powerful” - article

    “Good thing they don’t get my money via direct means” - you

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      11 hours ago

      Lol, short of going out and killing these bastards there isn’t much else I can do other than to stop supporting these services. I have to hope if enough folks like me stop using these services they will fail. There is a point where it only takes one straw to break the camels back.

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        11 hours ago

        That’s basing your imagination that we’re a meritocracy. There’s meaning behind the saying “failing upwards”. I don’t know how to counteract it either, but their success comes from failure. Let alone the Island stuff.

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          11 hours ago

          What are you even talking about? I didn’t say shit about meritocracy or failing upwards. I’m talking about not supporting those services and platforms that support evil.

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            8 hours ago

            Right, and I’m trying to explain to you that it’s not what they base their success on. I know you mean well, but we’re not a meritocracy and they do fail upwards.

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              8 hours ago

              No they’re capitalists. They base their success off of money. No users or even less users, means less money.

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                8 hours ago

                Look at all the bad news coming out about Tesla and Musk all together, and his wealth increased from like 300bil to 700bil :/

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                  8 hours ago

                  His bubble will pop eventually too. He can’t stay inflated forever. He’s completely propped up by lies and schemes.

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                    6 hours ago

                    Wish I shared your optimism. Guy is a moron propped up by the US government who’s on the Epstein Files and begged to party on the island on Xmas…which means he’s about to become a trillionaire…well at least this was a good way to find out that my android autocorrect doesn’t even have that word in the vocabulary.