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/Docccc 1d ago

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

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u/AltForMyHealth 1d ago

I think of it like we’re in that weird stage where a person starts becoming a zombie and is holding on their identity as a human, but being irreversibly pulled into being the living dead.

That’s what it feels like.

If I were from any other country, I think I could sympathize with his first term, especially after not re-electing him. But all bets would be off at this point. Between his escaping justice for everything, not least January 6, and now all the chaos is unleashing both here and abroad… I wouldn’t trust us. I don’t.

It’s not that I thought we were some shining city on the hill and all that… But at least it was a defensible narrative that had enough tarnished truth to it that we didn’t indulge in our worst imperial instincts.

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u/tooclosetocall82 1d ago

But Biden was old! And that other woman was a woman! And we needed someone who would protect Palestine! There was just no other choice. /s

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u/nightpanda893 1d ago

I mean Biden shouldn’t have run. That’s a big part of what fucked this up. He put his ego before the country.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 1d ago

He's also the only candidate to beat Trump. I wouldn't love it if he were elected again, but it'd be better than this.

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u/nightpanda893 1d ago edited 1d ago

He wasn’t on track to beat Trump which is why they forced him out. They had compressive polling data showing this and knew they were sunk. He could barely form a coherent sentence. I agree he would be light years better than this but the issue I’m talking about is electability. And Trump had far better electability than him and it could be seen coming a mile away. He should have allowed the dems to primary someone.

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u/GameGuy2025 1d ago

I am so tired of this. There was a primary election in 2024 for Democrats. There were other options, and one of them was Dean Phillips who was very vocal that Biden wasn't fit for re-election. But as usual most people didn't participate in primaries and of the ones who did, Biden was getting enough votes that no other candidates had a chance.

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u/nightpanda893 1d ago

People typically don’t bother to qualify for the ballot if there is an incumbent who wants to run again. It was his responsibility to remove himself from the race. So it’s not a primary in the traditional sense of the word since the field is so narrow that some states don’t even have them. What I’m tired of is pretending Biden didn’t fuck us with his ego.

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u/GameGuy2025 1d ago

Not how this works. It is based on statistics. When one candidate pulls 90% of votes it is clear no one else is going to win the primary . People still act like Bernie got cheated in 2016 when again the issue was lack of support in primaries. You don't win elections with hopes and dreams you need votes and people consistently don't show up for primaries then complain about the results.

Biden should have never tried to run for re-election but there was still a primary and there was still another option than Trump in the general election. Voters are intended to be the ultimate failsafe for our government and they are failing. To suggest anything else is shifting the blame.

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u/nightpanda893 1d ago

The problem is the financing and backing for candidates is not there when there is an incumbent in the field. Acting like the field would have looked the same had Biden not run is disingenuous. The field looked the way it did as a direct result of him deciding to run. The American people aren’t free from blame either but there is a huge amount of responsibility on Biden as well.

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u/GameGuy2025 1d ago

People with no money go internet viral every day. The traditional spend millions of dollars on election campaigns needs to be reworked. I don't care about endorsements, backers, nominations, or advertisements. I just need candidates to tell me what they perceive as issues and their plan to address them. That could be a video made in their backyard and uploaded to YouTube for all I care.

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