Tim Onion: To be clear, extremely rich people with stuff to hide and a fading grip on power are trying to sue investigative journalism out of existence. Really up to American citizens if we survive this. Demand more out of execs running these places who don’t understand this yet.

To be clear, extremely rich people with stuff to hide and a fading grip on power are trying to sue investigative journalism out of existence. Really up to American citizens if we survive this. Demand more out of execs running these places who don’t understand this yet.

I’m waiting for the “we can police ourselves” defense that SCOTUS uses.

Or, ya know, get rid of the economic system that allows them to thrive. Socialism, communism, anarchism NOW!!

That would kill a lot of innocent people and allies/accomplices.

It's almost certainly kill me too, but I'm willing to roll the dice for a chance to class war the fuck out of these ghouls.

As am I, if we had a decent chance. But consider all the people who would die without consenting to be pawns in the war.

Yeah, that's what happens in war. And if you're signing up to be a revolutionary you're signing up to put more than just your own ass on the line.

Call on me when we have a snowball's chance in Hell. I'll keep focusing on mutual aid & incremental change until it's time.

Capitalism killed over 7 million to allow COVID to run rampant and keep capitalism running. SAVE YOUR BULLSHIT.

Didn't say we shouldn't fight it. Just that burning it all down would hurt a lot of people. Fuck off.

I've been a hermit the whole pandemic because if I wasn't, I'd be dead by now. I'm well aware of the issues.

Fair, but so many peoples first response is to hide in their relative comfort and avoid the ugliness that shrugging off capitalism would entail. Yeah, it'd suck! Can we do it? YES!!

Don’t engage with anyone who can’t be fucked to upload a pfp. It’s nearly never fruitful. It’s not even discourse. It’s just “meh, this won’t work, meeehhh!” Total trolls.

Communist China's policy was much worse.

They don't have millions of dead

That's debatable

There are other ways to get rid of billionaires without communist dictatorship. Just tax the fuckers out of existence

MacKenzie Scott needs to fund all of the independent investigative journalists and entities out there to save democracy.

It's going to be insane when both the Federal Texas court and 5th circuit make up some bullshit reasons to side with Musk. Probably will get overturned by SCOTUS though.

SCOUTS could deny cert if all 6 conservatives like the result, though.

I’m an American citizen who has zero say over what rich assholes do, unfortunately.

At this point why should we believe they don't understand this and are totally fine with it?

It's obviously our fault for not pressuring the wealthy media moguls who we gave no possible interaction with. Our bad.

We'll find out when big oil pushes gas to 6 or 7 bucks a gallon in the month before the presidential election and if we think they won't do that we are crazy.

We've already seen that Musk is willing to throw away billions to achieve his fascist goals. No non-profit has the resources to oppose him.

Intolerance

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they ain’t got enough dough to buy freedom from fear heh… heh… i got no money an i don’t give a rats ass what people know or say about me even that greasy cheese puff

How did we get here?!?!?!

I mean it is possible that neither side has the upper ground here. Media Matters hasn't exactly upheld itself with all grace and light over the years.

you work for NBC one of the more balanced networks and yet you can’t see it or can and are lying. you’re putting yourselves out of business

Yessir

We must put our support behind independent journalism, or it will disappear.

I like this.

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