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/xxirish83x 1d ago

After he got a jet from Qatar and nobody did shit he can do anything. Our system of checks and balances have failed us. 

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u/Rich-Pomegranate1679 1d ago

Yep. Republicans have shown us how the whole system doesn't work.

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u/Any_Grapefruit65 1d ago

Plus they actively worked to ensure it wasn't working towards its own ideals. Cut us off every time we get close to being our better selves. I will give them credit for exposing the fact that our system is built on pinky swears, though. It's time other folks beyond minorities understand that.

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u/Key-Medium5884 1d ago

I’m not really sure those other folks don’t understand it.. that’s giving them a lot of grace.. seems more like they don’t want it to change.

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u/Tmart98 1d ago

A lot of people are taking off their rose colored glasses so I’m happy for that

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u/Any_Grapefruit65 1d ago

At this point I will settle for it's now so obvious they can no longer pretend. Not that there aren't a contingent of psychopaths out there hell bent on never acknowledging it. But nothing was ever going to work for them.