demosthememes

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[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What sort of dictator can't even dictate his own book? A dictator's got to dictate! :)

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It is the perfect place for him to write a book - or dictate it to someone who can.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You can bet that WSB will have rocket emoji galore. One will drive up the other.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

As tempting as that might be in the real world, in the financial world - this would be an expensive move, the most expensive short there is right now. Nearly all the available DJT stock was sold short but that has cost those people millions already.

Trump Media Is Now the Most Expensive US Stock to Bet Against. His theatrics are literally all that is driving the stock up because, on paper, it should be an obvious losing hand.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It is now also the most expensive stock to short.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Mars One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_One received over 200,000 applications for a one-way ticket to Mars & raised money way too easily, before going bankrupt.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I remembered that Cuban was on record for saying & doing this & that link was the easiest to source from because so many people know who he is. I wanted to highlight the deed itself. More recently, was the open letter written by over 250 billionaires & multi-millionaires pleading to be taxed more than they currently are.
As you say, you know it's almost pitchfork levels when the letter, which was read at WEF in Davos, says

“Our request is simple: we ask you to tax us, the very richest in society. This will not fundamentally alter our standard of living, nor deprive our children, nor harm our nations’ economic growth. But it will turn extreme and unproductive private wealth into an investment for our common democratic future.”

According to the article, "Imposing a 2% tax on the world’s billionaires alone would raise almost $250 billion annually"
Question is, why are governments so reluctant to grant them this?

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Mark Cuban put his money where his mouth is. He made 300 millionaires out of the 330 employees in one of his earlier companies by giving them stock ownership.
Workers paid by the hour are ‘always going to fall behind, - Cuban

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pop-Os is a good fit if you're already familiar with Debian & do light gaming - especially on NVIDIA cards. It just works.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

We could let the pigs run the farm, then document what happens.

[–] demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Leave the kids alone, they have enough to deal with just trying to learn & not get shot by deranged, gun-toting nuts.
Get a website if you want to promote politics.
Politicians should be making sure school kids get teachers who are paid well & the kids have school lunches.

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Who Got Next Flex? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by demosthememes@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.world
 

I had to update the pic; forgot the biggest culprit -Microsoft. They got slapped with a fine of $731 million. I try not to think about this company at all but I had to fix it. The meme gods had to be appeased.
Also, I remember that Nextflix only bent the knee by agreeing to 30% of their content being local, but really tempted to add 'em.
Hopefully the Next Flex will be Netflix - for the meme-ability. Elon won't do it, he would have already done. He is just exercising free speech, nothing more. If he does get in the ring, then I'll join X 😬 & pay his subscription for a year. 👀

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