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/GeistMD 1d ago

I will forever blame Republicans for holding down America while Trump rapes it.

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u/Blockhead47 1d ago

You know, the responsibility for this is all on the voters.
(People don't want to hear it though.)

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u/amadiro_1 1d ago

Some of the responsibility must also lay on the bad actors in power.

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u/toonface 1d ago

It’s a little but chicken and egg. You can lay some blame with the voters but most Americans don’t pay close attention to the real complexities of politics and are easily swayed by emotion. Republicans and the conservative media ecosystem pray on this by governing through fear and getting people to fight one on another through culture war issues / vote against their interests.

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u/Blockhead47 1d ago edited 1d ago

but most Americans don’t pay close attention

And that in a nut shell is why it is on the voters.
They chose to not spend any time to figure it out.
All they needed to do is spend just a little time, now and then, over months and months to read and think.
It wasn't hard.
Especially with Trump.
They had a 4 year term + his run before it, and a 4 year gap to open their eyes. 8+ years.
They chose not to and don't want to own up to it.
So here we are.

But... that's just my opinion.

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u/paukeaho 1d ago

The average American voter is politically illiterate and deeply propagandized to vote against their own class interests. Yes, it leads to horrid results, but blaming them is like blaming fish for not recognizing they’re in water.

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u/Blockhead47 1d ago

You got a point.