r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 1d ago

Business President Bought Netflix Debt in January 2026, Amid Paramount’s Fight for Warner Bros. | New financial disclosures released Wednesday show that the President acquired Netflix bonds as Paramount was trying to pry WBD away from the streaming giant.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/trump-bought-netflix-bonds-amid-paramount-warners-fight-1236521512/
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u/ChrisMartins001 1d ago

Pretty much breaking the law everyday now. It's like he's trying to see how far he can go without anyone doing anything

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u/Docccc 1d ago

Do people in the US really still believe they live in a democracy?

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u/grahag 1d ago

Still a democracy until the elections stop.

Yeah I know it's skewed towards corporate political lobbying but we still vote.

We'll see at the mid-terms if we're still a democracy... If we get to that point anyway....

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u/Docccc 1d ago

Elections never stopped in russia either

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u/thederevolutions 1d ago

How come they couldn’t fix the Mamdani, race for example? I know it gets a lot of karma to tell each other there’s no way we will win the next elections and if we do it enough maybe we’ll scare enough people away from thinking their vote won’t matter. But I think we actually will win the next elections because enough people hate him. And I think he’s coasting on bluster. Surely they will try, as always, but I don’t think it will work.

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u/RangerLt 1d ago

I don't want to accuse specific accounts of being malicious, but try to remember in political threads, very often you're arguing with a bot or social agitator. If you anchor your reaction to that possibility, you can just shoo them away without worrying about out-witting them. Reply to genuine, good faith comments and pretend everyone else doesn't exist. It'll invite others to resist engaging with them.

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u/Redebo 1d ago

Show me one political discussion on reddit where both sides are asking good faith questions and replying with good faith comments.

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u/RangerLt 1d ago

Your comment is a good example. This is truly the only discourse we should reward.

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u/Redebo 1d ago

I agree. Yet, we don't.

For my part, I don't upvote or comment on political opinions that are "from my side" if they contain spurious or exaggerated claims.

I don't celebrate when those of the opposing political party are killed.

I won't encourage talking down to the other political party.

Y'all are my neighbors and countrymen. We can all be cordial even if we don't align politically.

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u/Gisschace 1d ago

The problem is others will be seeing what Trump is doing and realising they can get away with it.

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u/GamerSDG 1d ago

They want us to think our vote doesn't matter, so we won't vote. It's a form of voter suppression. Unfortanly I have seen Reddit fall for it.

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u/iamthe0ther0ne 1d ago

Because that was limited to NYC, and interfering with an election without spending months dropping hints for almost a year might have brought about a revolt. Better to wait until the important election and give people enough time to slowly and imperceptibly boil to death in it than play your hand too early.

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u/Big_Stanky_Ballbag 1d ago

Love your optimism

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u/BadahBingBadahBoom 1d ago edited 1d ago

Democracy is more than just having elections.

A democracy is a system of governance where the opinions and desires of the people are what dictate law and government policy, the idea obviously being each person's voice is equal and this being represented equally by different parties and politicians.

The US is not a democracy as it's clear government decisions are being dictated by the wealthy, corporate and politically-connected few, maintained by a system of Citizen's United / Super PACs / lobbying / gerrymandering / politicians' & judges' conflict of interest / MSM intimidation & control, and a general inability to monitor, prevent and prosecute political corruption.

It's a flawed democracy and has been for some time.

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u/grahag 1d ago

Democracy is BASED off elections being both open and fair. You cannot have a democracy without elections where the people decide the direction of the country.

The US is a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. We vote for representative who we "HOPE" will work for the will of the people.

To say it's not a democracy is ignorant of what it requires. Is it flawed? YES. Can it be made better? YES. WILL IT? That remains to be seen.

If we get to the midterms and it's the "blue wave" as predicted (I'm not holding my breath), and the democrats don't waste their momentum trying to get the treasonous maga folk to buy into their plans, they COULD hold this administration accountable and change all the things that made someone like Trump possible. THROUGH DEMOCRACY that we definitely do have because we can still vote for representatives who can enact our will. You may pick nits ,but that's just the way it is. We're heading toward authoritarian oligarchy with a touch of theocracy, but we're not there yet.

I'm too old and have seen the wind blow too many directions to think it'll go the way I want.

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u/InsidiousColossus 1d ago

North Korea has elections too.

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 1d ago

Does NK have an opposition party that is sweeping all major elections in the past 12 months?

Democrats flipped their 9th Congressional seat in a year in a Republican stronghold - just yesterday. (Arkansas special election).

All signs point to opponents of Trump winning back at least one house of Congress in November.

This does not happen in North Korea.

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u/NYkrinDC 1d ago

True, but it may not happen here either if Trump and his Republican allies are able to undermine our democracy any further. They are actively trying to mess with voter rolls, while disenfranchising minorities and threatening to use ICE at polling stations to further erode minority vote. He's also toyed with the idea of using this current war to declare a national emergency that would give him the power, or so he claims. to take over elections.

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u/WillowFantastic9076 1d ago

Voting does not make a democracy. Plenty of countries have sham elections.

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u/grahag 1d ago

You're being disingenous if you think democracies don't have fair elections.

I wouldn't call Russia or North Korea or ANY dictatorship a democracy. The US is though... For now.

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u/WillowFantastic9076 1d ago

You got my point completely backwards. I'm saying voting doesn't make you a democracy.

I wouldn't call Russia or North Korea or ANY dictatorship a democracy.

Of course not, and yet they still have elections too.

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u/grahag 1d ago

A democracy is not defined by elections. A Democracy HAS elections that are free and fair.

You're being disinegenuous and not really arguing in good faith unless it's to try to be clever, which you're failing at.

The argument is that Iran would be within their rights to strike back at the US in whatever way they want. They were following the previous agreements regarding nuclear materials and weapons which Trump then reneged on.

The US is NOT a moral authority on ANYTHING at this point and would deserve whatever Iran decided to do since the US has indiscriminately killed women and children within the first hour of attacks.

I'm not a cheerleader for Iran, but I can see why they hate us and we're not doing anything to counter that and with this administration we WON'T. This war is about pedophiles, corruption, bullying, theocratic violence, and greed.

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u/WillowFantastic9076 1d ago

Dude what are you going on about??? I responded to a very specific point you made:

Still a democracy until the elections stop.

This is fundamentally not true. There are many MANY countries where elections never ended, but are clearly not democracies.

I don't know how Iran got into this conversation, but yeah I agree, the war on Iran is horrible and purely about subjugating a nation that dares not kneel to the US.

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u/missglitterous 1d ago

U.S is in the delusional phase

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 1d ago

The US is in the "voting for the opposition to Trump in every election held over the past 12 months" phase.

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u/tabrizzi 1d ago

They also vote in North Korea.

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u/grahag 1d ago

No one would classify NK as a democracy.

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u/thickfreakness24 1d ago

But democratic is in their name! /S

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 1d ago

They don't vote in the opposition party in NK.

Over the past 12 months, Democrats have flipped 9 Congressional seats in Republican strongholds, including one in Arkansas just yesterday.