The USA has a strong tradition of freedom of speech an free press which strictly forbids prior restraint. It's good to see that media organizations vociferously defend their right of free press, and that we have bureaucrats that take their oaths to the Constitution seriously, and are impartial, not letting themselves be influenced by the executive officer himself. The founding fathers would approve and be proud of this arrangement! They fought a revolution against arbitrary monarchs!
Hard to find words for how disappointing capitalism is sometimes. Must do this merger deal despite abdication of constitutional rights. Mannah is more powerful than ethics.
Paramount sought this arrangement out, it wasn’t forced on them. They wanted approval for a merger because it would be financially lucrative. The price was millions of dollars and political oversight.
True enough, there are no good guys in this story. But I get a chuckle every time some young edgelord blames "capitalism" for everything from the Holocaust to the heartbreak of psoriasis. Don't fall into that trap, there's enough of that feckless goofiness on Reddit.
At the end of the day this is a government-caused problem, in which a lack of meaningful antitrust enforcement is being leveraged by a Republican personality cult. Which makes it a voter-caused problem. We are getting what we deserve, good and hard.
And the noose around our necks continues to tighten.
The USA has a strong tradition of freedom of speech an free press which strictly forbids prior restraint. It's good to see that media organizations vociferously defend their right of free press, and that we have bureaucrats that take their oaths to the Constitution seriously, and are impartial, not letting themselves be influenced by the executive officer himself. The founding fathers would approve and be proud of this arrangement! They fought a revolution against arbitrary monarchs!
Hard to find words for how disappointing capitalism is sometimes. Must do this merger deal despite abdication of constitutional rights. Mannah is more powerful than ethics.
I'm unfamiliar with the word "mannah". What does it mean here?
Humorous way of saying money. Like ‘murica!
Is it closer to "manna" or to "moolah" in meaning?
So "capitalism", in your book, is what happens when a dictatorial government puts a gun to your head and tells you what to say or print. Got it.
Paramount sought this arrangement out, it wasn’t forced on them. They wanted approval for a merger because it would be financially lucrative. The price was millions of dollars and political oversight.
They could have just not done the merger.
Or Trump could have just not threatened to sue them over complete BS, which is the root cause of this particular debacle.
But he did. And they responded in the deplorable fashion. This about what has happened not what didn't.
True enough, there are no good guys in this story. But I get a chuckle every time some young edgelord blames "capitalism" for everything from the Holocaust to the heartbreak of psoriasis. Don't fall into that trap, there's enough of that feckless goofiness on Reddit.
At the end of the day this is a government-caused problem, in which a lack of meaningful antitrust enforcement is being leveraged by a Republican personality cult. Which makes it a voter-caused problem. We are getting what we deserve, good and hard.