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[Official] Censorship from governmental actors thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, May 28, 2021.

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Who does it better?

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    I don't but others are showing it. SF is just joining the other 30 gov'ts that are going after them as well. Yet reason has only decided to write about it when SF took action. Tells you a lot.
     
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    Right, the action is bandaid, though those sites are definitely tools for implicit collusion where larger well moneyed tenants can influence the direction of the local market.

    Some PE firms in Nashville and Atlanta are starting to liquidate big bets they leveraged during 2021 (thanks Powell) by buying up entire neighborhoods and making them for rent only. The subsequent runup allowed them to double or triple rent costs and house prices, which then made the algorithm reprice with those distortions...uhh catalysts.

    Now that the remote workforce has retrenched and people's own wallets haven't matched rent inflation, a lot of these corporate shitbags are sitting with empty unrented homes still waiting to make more than a half of the investments they dumped in a few years ago.
     
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    additional coverage, link will work for everyone

    Mark Zuckerberg Says White House Was ‘Wrong’ to Pressure Facebook on Covid
    Meta CEO also says he won’t repeat 2020 efforts to fund local elections, which Republicans criticized as ‘Zuckerbucks’

    https://www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zucke...r01tu05y3hm&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
     
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    OT, stop and think for a minute


    Mark Zuckerberg Is merely hedging his bets


    Trump has attacked Zuckerberg several times over the years.

    On Trump’s own social media platform, Truth Social, Trump recently threatened to send “ZUCKERBUCKS” to prison if he were elected president. ​


     
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    So Zuck knows Trump will win?
     
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    In the meantime Trump is threatening to shut down late night comedians if he’s back in power.
    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/if-trump-wins-2024-election-1235096091/
    “There’s no nemesis too small. The tally even includes late-night comics who’ve pissed him off. As president, Trump briefly attempted to get Justice officials to twist campaign finance laws and the federal equal-time rule to declare that anti-Trump material broadcast by Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and others was somehow illegal. During his 2024 campaign, according to a source with direct knowledge, Trump has raised this topic again, venting about the need to punish late-night comedians for giving “illegal” campaign contributions to the Democratic Party — in the form of jokes and on-air satire.”
     
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    And what RFK Jr. positions is Trump pushing? Is he going to address global warming and take action to reduce greenhouse gases?
     
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    And why is that??

    Maybe it’s because we already have a constitutional amendment that states this pretty clearly???

    Let’s see how long Mr. Dictator on Day 1 can put his money where his mouth is.
     
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    literally Hitler protecting the First Amendment and you’re unhappy about it. Awesome.
     
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    You are worked up over me not caring about his executive order proclamations which do nothing that he couldn’t just say on a Zoom meeting?

    I’m not happy or mad about anything. This is me not giving a sh$t.

    If you think Liberals in America now with Trump in power have absolute freedom of speech then put your money where your mouth is. If Trump ever uses his power to bully or threaten someone as a way to shut them up, you owe the tip jar 100 bucks. Deal???
     
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    worked up.
     
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    Yeah I know how will I even get through the day today. You really showed me Os Trig.

    Also you didn’t answer my question so I assume that’s a yes?? 100 bucks??
     
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    wtf no
     
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    So you don’t believe Trump is an advocate and true believer of free speech??
     
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    I don't do bets, of any kind. and I basically stopped reading at 'worked up.' you want to make bets with people, start a making-bets-for-fame-and-fortune thread.
     
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    You can give some charity and read complete posts and get over being a b**** after reading "worked up". God not that hard. Grow some thicker skin dawg. You a grown ass man.
     
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    lol
     

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