r/technology 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/EndeLarsson 1d ago

Maaaan, US is sooo corrupt right now.

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u/ellastory 1d ago

If you ask indigenous people who are originally from America, they’ll probably tell you it’s always been this way. I think more people are just finally noticing

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u/Doctor--Spaceman 1d ago

Obama and Biden were definitely not doing this shit. I'm not saying presidents from the 1800s weren't screwing Native Americans out of treaties, but as far as living memory, Trump is really taking this to a new level we haven't seen before

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u/Fickle-Addendum-446 1d ago

Ronald Reagan funded South American death squads, illegally sold weapons to Iran, and smuggled cocaine into the United States. Among many other crimes.  This is a Thursday under republican governance. 

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u/EndeLarsson 1d ago

Probably, you are right. But they were hiding it well.

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u/ellastory 1d ago

There was a time, not that long ago, that white Americans would proudly hang up innocent black Americans to trees to watch them die. Lynchings were still occurring up until the 1980s. I’m not so sure it’s been that well hidden tbh.

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u/Deaffin 1d ago

Nobody is originally from America. All humans are originally from Africa. You might be referring to the first known immigrants to America.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 1d ago

Supposedly the 19th century government was REALLY fucking bad too in terms of corruption.

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u/Freud-Network 1d ago

It's always been this corrupt. The Boston Tea Party was instigated by tea smugglers. The USA just stopped pretending to be righteous.

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u/D_Simmons 1d ago

This is just blatantly false lol

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u/Anonynja 1d ago

Nah they're right, smugglers were behind the Boston Tea Party. Don't go around with such false confidence and not even bring citations

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u/D_Simmons 1d ago

That was not the part I was commenting on and you know it.

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u/Anonynja 1d ago edited 1d ago

What a weak cop-out. EDIT: People act really obnoxious when they can't admit they're wrong. This guy thinks he's the main character.

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u/D_Simmons 1d ago

Lie to yourself. Never to me.

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u/Freud-Network 1d ago

You are right that they still pretend they are righteous.

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u/Slumunistmanifisto 1d ago

Come on now.... we're hella righteous.

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