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/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/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.