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- utopian4
Big Tech, Out-of-Control Capitalism and the End of Civilization
- I laughed at the dramatization of this documentary. So ridiculous how one side it is.hotroddy
- people have said the same shit about video games, tv, music videos and countless other mediums.hotroddy
- when books came out people thought reading will limit your imagination and manipulate the way you think.hotroddy
- i_monk3
Researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. The results defied stereotypes.
- So to hotel rooms and food... Seems about right. But nothign in the article seemed to talk about the long term effects or real resultsdeathboy
- the results are exactly what i would expectdeathboy
- great way to incentivize homelessnesshotroddy
- "Participants were screened for a low risk of mental health challenges and substance abuse." - so it just studied the ones who were more likely to have ...Morning_star
- Just needed Hayoth for the triple.PhanLo
- ... a positive outcome. It suggest that it didn't defy any stereotypes at all.Morning_star
- They are all snowflakes. There is an interesting Doc "Reversal of Fortune", from 15 years back, but with 100K USD. He blew it in like 9 months.toemaas
- PhanLo6
- Paging utopianAQUTE
- https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
- ^^^ Found Deathboyutopian
- Pretty racist thing to saydeathboy
- Doesn't seem to be in my offshore bank account.JerseyRaindog
- utopian1
Software CEO Robert Brockman charged in $2 billion tax evasion case
A federal grand jury returned an indictment alleging that Brockman, the CEO of software company Reynolds & Reynolds, engaged in tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering and other crimes as part of a nearly 20-year scheme to conceal around $2 billion in income from the Internal Revenue Service and defraud investors in his software firm's debt securities, federal authorities said in a release.
The 39-count indictment — filed earlier this month in the Northern District of California and unsealed this week — reads at times like a screenplay: Allegations against Brockman include operating a complex web of foreign companies and bank accounts; using unreported taxable income to buy a luxury yacht called "Turmoil;" creating an encrypted email system to communicate with employees using code names such as "Bonefish" and "Snapper;" asking a money manager to attend a "money laundering conference" under an assumed identity; and persuading that same money manager to destroy documents and electronic media using shredders and hammers.
- utopian8
The Pandemic Has Benefited One Group Of People: Billionaires
As millions suffer during pandemic, billionaires cash in
Roughly 75 percent of America's billiionaires have seen their net worth rise during the pandemic. Sixteen are worth at least twice as much now as they were in March.Over the last six months, roughly 3 out of 4 members of America’s 10-digit-wealth club have seen a rise in their net worths. Sixteen American billionaires are worth at least twice as much now as they were in March. And Jeff Bezos, who was already worth $113 billion at the start of 2020, is heading into the year’s final stretch $73 billion richer.
Michael Bloomberg and Charles Koch are both up by $7 billion, and Mark Zuckerberg has added another $46 billion to his already staggering $54 billion in wealth. Elon Musk found time between COVID truther tweets and CPAP machine donations to take his fortune from $25 billion to $92 billion.
Some billionaires have gotten richer as a direct result of the pandemic. Amazon, for example, was one of the few companies in the United States to expand as consumers locked down at home and avoided brick-and-mortar retail. Facebook, Google, Tesla and Microsoft have also boomed in the past six months, adding to the fortunes of their respective billionaire founders.
- So what? You want to have a look into how much the US benefited from the horror of the horror of WW2.Morning_star
- https://www.qbn.com/…PhanLo
- Where do you think money goes when pumping new dollars. To assets since it's the currency being devalued. Why retailers in on robinhooddeathboy
- U are only seeing some paper players but missing the system. But see how long it can last. Hell biden wants to out spend trump should push them even higherdeathboy
- deathboy-9
Utopian how come u never remind people their favorite things they dig are capitalism or even being able to afford them. Can you honestly say capitalism hasn't helped the lowest rung of civilization? Hell even the poorest here has a refrigerator. We have selection. A plethora of choices at different price points. The opportunities you do t see is why still the majority of ppl of other countries want to come here.... But than again maybe u know that and love capitalism but really hate cronyism and gov involvement in freemarkets. Since that is the majority of your posts. Not sure I've seen u mention a single failure in all this time
- "the majority of ppl of other countries want to come here" - No they don't. Just read the link below.Morning_star
- https://www.pewresea…Morning_star
- Hmm seems to be not about topic of immigration in relation to other countries. Any thing better that supports your view?deathboy
- If most ppl want to immigrate to us even with the don... Says so etching about the usdeathboy
- the lowest rung of civilzation was fucking created by capitalism you dipshit. perpetual greed and power over equal rights is the function of that machinecolin_s
- Oh really. What saint built the iphone u probably love?deathboy
- I'm stunned by such a statement. What is capitalism death toll vs what ppl value? Ppl despise covid-19 not close to mao deaths or stalin. Or so many represseddeathboy
- Nations and yet majority of immigration is to the us. Why? Because we have created the lowest rung of civilization?deathboy
- I do t know what church u learned your shit in but as a look democrat says the faith is strong in udeathboy
- PhanLo4
- What constitutes a "living wage?" One that doesn't cause your death?nb
- Oh nevermind I looked it upnb
- The job is worth whatever someone will accept as compensation for it.cannonball1978
- utopian5
OxyContin maker will plead guilty and close down
Purdue Pharma agrees to plead guilty to federal criminal charges and pay more than $8 billion for its role in the US opioid crisis
Multiple states say opioid crisis cost US economy over $2 trillion- Why are they not in jail?PhanLo
- Cause Capitalism Thats Why!utopian
- opioid crisis? you know who's responsible for that don't you!?! https://i.ytimg.com/…_niko
- https://www.youtube.…yuekit
- ^ Basically sums up American capitalismyuekit
- Insurance and third parties...deathboy
- Ah Deathboy, what a cunt.PhanLo
- zaq6
- Lolnb
- Even worse, you earn $30,000 but you're angry as hell about the poor guy whose $410,000 salary is being taxed a bit more.PhanLo
- /\Milan
- that anger is more productive than the jealousy you feel that someone is making more than you.hotroddy
- don't worry roddy, pocket money isn't classed as taxable income - you'll be fine.face_melter
- imbecile10
- LOL so true.utopian
- This is great. I also just heard that the Walton family makes $24,000 a minute, the same their average employee makes in a yeardkoblesky
- ^ it’s not THAT bad. don’t forget, they have to split that between all of the Walton’s.Gnash
- John Boy’s coke habit will rinse that plus what they owe Ike at the General Mercantile is outrageous.Morning_star
- So what's the joke?doggydoggdog
- ^^^
but 99% of you will never get it.utopian - lol morning star, how did you remember Ike hahafadein11
- @fadein11, i have an autistic recolection for 80s twee family friendly US TV. Ask me a question about Little House on the Prairie :)Morning_star
- fairplay, it brought it all back to me when I read it, big fave in our house when I was a nipper.fadein11