James O'Brien asks 'how the hell' we can stop the likes of Musk and Bezos? | LBC

[@canalcreations]

Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

[@jacqueschapel1283]

For sure Through WHO, and WEF and vaccine mandates, and free speech cencoring

[@GhostFitzKilla]

I think your tinfoil hat is on too tight ​@@jacqueschapel1283

[@RobertJohnstone-q9s]

Like the WHO, WEF, UN, you mean?

[@neilbatchelor8418]

incredible quote - so true, throughout history you can say the same of communism as well as fascism or any flavour of autocracy

[@jonhill7081]

@@jacqueschapel1283 I bet it took you every one of those 31 minutes attempting to type something vaguely coherent... but you still couldn't spell the word "censoring" properly.

[@discomike9017]

The most simple thing you can do is - Don't buy from Amazon Don't buy a Tesla Don't use Facebook or Twitter

[@sagovana]

Said discomike who posted this comment from his google account 😂

[@bimfred]

Amazon actually makes most its money from operating servers not from retail

[@rafd3593]

@@bimfred It still makes some money from retail.

[@discomike9017]

@@bimfred yeah but I can't do anything about that

[@lizliz4186]

Also don't use Instagram, prime or Amazon. Google might be in question too since their ceo was there. And shop in stores owned and operated by your own countryman not American stores like Walmart or home Depot

[@digglerdudeuk]

Every billionaire is a policy failure.

[@nearsightedfromthefarside6534]

@@digglerdudeuk Apart from Oprah yeah…

[@macrograms]

oh, that's perfect, diggler. 100%

[@Joshm-j4m]

How dare someone start a business...

[@lookbovine]

@@Joshm-j4mHow are the two related? : Starting a business and amassing a disgusting amount of wealth?

[@markrobertson6688]

Here's an idea, go and start a business by yourself, not with Daddy or Mummy's money and connections. Do it today and see how long it takes to make your first billion. Want the answer? You'll never make it from scratch. There are no self made billionaires, never have been. It's a lie made up by the really rich to make it look like it's a possibility. They do this to disguise the fact that it's mostly our money and labour that makes them rich. They are the worst benefit scroungers and tax avoiders on the planet. How do those billionaires boots taste?

[@Varley-k1n]

We could start going to the high street again instead of using Amazon . Oh wait , nearly all the shops have gone .

[@elizabethnangmenyi5432]

That's right. All the stores are gone, now consolidated on Amazon, sadly 😥. Elon Musk is evil 😈 😳

[@mattm4600]

Because no one went to them mate, labour's new tax on businesses won't help either but will help the monopoly of big businesses

[@tantatheindian7068]

@@mattm4600 was happening before Labour, Labour is not the defacto scapegoat. Read about the Tory Luvvie Sir Phillip Green, you will find who was responsible there. But yes we all need to do more to start getting the high street back. Amazon is not healthy in many ways for humanity.

[@MrMajorduck]

Trouble is spending £5 on fuel, £5 on parking and £15 in a shop vs £10 on Amazon. If wealth was shared more fairly, maybe we wouldn’t think twice about paying £25 to support local businesses. Really makes you think about how the system shapes our choices.

[@maneshipocrates]

Exactly.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

I'd say stop lining their pockets by using their social media platforms, never buy a Tesla again, & buy from anywhere but Amazon...Yeah I know all easier said than done.

[@boxingsense3459]

Quit KZbin as well. The CEO was also at the inauguration, sitting behind Trump. Will you do that?

[@jaimemurphy2208]

Okay I'll stop buying Teslas

[@nejuw]

I never buy from Amazon for years. It’s easier than you think. But most people don’t know or care.

[@djbogz1921]

Then O'brien needs to take his books off amazon and stop using all the social media he does. But, we all know he won't.

[@Jake-jr2zh]

@@djbogz1921Who’s WE ?

[@scottybeck100]

WE have to tax the rich! No individual should be more wealthy than the government.

[@respectnature]

yes, this is problem. Now the rich will be partly-unofficially the government

[@dayegilharno4988]

@@respectnature Tbf: Always has been...

[@davidmccabe4041]

What makes you think the rich such as Prince Charles, pop stars and footballers are not taxed? David McCabe dublin

[@owenrichards1418]

Not going to happen. The 1% have decided they aren't going to pay any more tax and they have the press and the political parties all put together so that even the idea won't be examined. Labour came in and need to desperately find money after 15 years of Tory mismanagement. Who has lots of money after billionaires and corporations have been scoring record profits since the pandemic? It's of course, pensioners and those on sickness benefit!!! Neither party will even mention taxing the rich. The entire system is rigged and bought.

[@owenrichards1418]

We had the opportunity a few years ago to put Corbyn into power. He is an old-fashioned Labour bloke and would happily tax the rich. The press (who are owned by - wait for it - the ultra rich) convinced everyone that he was unelectable and you all voted for Boris Johnson instead. People are so brain-washed by the press and social media that they would all vote for being sent off to concentration camps if Elon Musk and Piers Morgan told them to.

[@MP-mr8rj]

Pandora’s box is open. No point in trying to close it. All you can do is educate your children and hope for the best!

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

The whole pardon thing is ridiculous. It makes a mockery of the initial conviction. Only in America can such insane anti justice loopholes exist. America isn’t great. It’s a joke. Trump winning a second term proves this. Get a grip America.

[@alimantado373]

Britian is no better, Boris Johnson should be in jail for his handling of the covid catastrophe, where 100's of thousands of our elderly died unecessarily. Lest we forget.

[@chicagoOG]

Pardoning tge whole of bidens family you on about? Or doesn't that matter 😂

[@Pdf258]

@@alimantado373Lest we forget that Trump should be in jail for the VERY same reason??

[@leet3207]

I want to know why Dr Fauci was pardoned by Biden and what was his crime. Cant seem to find any info on it.

[@dreamcoyote]

@@chicagoOG I think that's another example of the absurdity of that pardon power combined with the choice of whom to give it to, although Trump is far, far worse on that scale.

[@JoeChip]

Doesn’t it help these guys to stay rich and powerful if we are all at each other’s throats? I am reminded of the two minutes hate in 1984. Perhaps we need to redirect our hatred towards them.

[@tobypaine612]

Unfortunately we (the general population) are being played against each other like fiddles. The oligarchy of the world does not want a unified population, so they use clever means and scare tactics to keep us fighting amongst ourselves. Fight up, not across

[@idokwatcher2062]

You stop them with fair taxation. Too bad Americans voted against saving them selves.

[@chriskennedy2298]

You think we will vote any different ? Much of the nation are controlled by social media lunatics

[@inquisitormalcom42]

We voted against Harris who never won a primary and who wasted over a billion dollars on bad advertising.

[@Phuqarf]

@@inquisitormalcom42nothing to do with policy then?

[@chromegaman]

@@inquisitormalcom42 You didn't vote *against* Harris, you voted *for* Trump. Own your choice and stop gaslighting yourself, mate.

[@Suzanna-g5q]

​@inquisitormalcom42 misogyny, racism and very deep ignorance voted for Trump.

[@kiltyk1148]

It wont be stopped ..there is no money in kindness

[@Paddythefriendlykiwi]

Aint that the truth. The algorithms reward interaction, negative sentiment drives the most interaction. We're setting up society to feed off it. What a place we've created.

[@julianshepherd2038]

If only we were part of a large economic/political grouping then we could stand up for Britain

[@vincentmurphy3781]

@julianshepherd2038 BRICS is calling

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Oh, where we can't ever change policy? No wonder the EU voter is moving populist Right.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

​@@jonathanboam5409 why would you not want to protect your own manufacturing and industrial base with tariffs. Do you think China is becoming stronger and stronger because it opens its own markets to the West. Lol

[@evolassunglasses4673]

We are in the WTO. We have a massive trade relationship with China. We don't even have a treaty with them, one to one.

[@steven161183]

@@evolassunglasses4673 exactly.

[@Peace.Please144]

It's the Working Class/Middle Class that creates the Wealth sticking together we are formidable. 💯

The middle classes look down upon the working class just as much as the upper class do if not more,dont forget it was mostly the middle class who told the working class they were thick voting brexit so no the working class won't team up with the middle class

[@ctrl-shift-run8681]

Stop using their platform / products for one. Support local small businesses if the price isn't too different.

[@calishackseeds230]

doubt they will miss you

[@UnDaoDu]

Problem isn’t you… its the ones susceptible to indoctrination and manipulation

[@MatthewHess-b3k]

@@ctrl-shift-run8681 problem is the opposition is poor, advocating to defend dead ideas is a full time job and doesnt pay well

[@Dynasty1818]

People whine about not using small local businesses but then they see the prices and buy elsewhere. Classic British hypocrisy.

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Yep that's what I'm doing

[@Mrs.Thatcher]

Even if it has no effect, stop using amazon, stop buying tesla cars, stop using facebook and switch WA for Signal..

Stop using this platform aswell then you tube were also sat with trump on monday

[@franciscvmpbell]

The Silk Road dude being freed is far more fascinating, a bit wild to free him when he wasn’t necessarily caught purely due to his website Silk Road selling anything, it was him trying to have a few people killed and thinking he’d actually had someone killed by the hells angels and trying to do it again, the whole time he was talking to the FBI.

[@cendrieeR]

I was taken by surprise for the silk road guy being let free. Either trump or trump's inner circle have shady dealings with him, or he's giving trump a lot of money?

[@ConradNeill]

@@cendrieeR He has no idea who he pardoned. Dude is a puppet.

[@Hollyw2023]

James O’Brien says everything I can’t articulate. He is required watching since I can’t bear to watch any US news.

[@maggietaylor9713]

Can you imagine how radical it would be if we all put our iphones and androids in the bin, shopped locally for what we need and for the first year, not buy anything we wanted. If we coupled that with critical thinking in schools we'd make a difference. In a Corporate system the consumer holds power.....just a thought🤔

[@cadebritt8001]

Intelligent ❤

[@LucindaBerry-r7i]

That may be what it takes, but it would be a small number of people isolating themselves from the world, trying to live according to their principles--maybe like the Amish in America. But how long can they survive in this new world order?

[@AppleAirsoft]

We Don't live in a Democracy we live in an Oligarchy, and the Oligarchs want Fascism.

[@chrysalis4126]

I closed twitter ages ago and recently deleted facebook and amazon accounts. If enough do that we aren't helping their riches.

[@waynegoucher4503]

James .. it may seem naive but the sermon/speech given by bishop Budde gave me new hope that Trump can be challenged. The bishop exposed the vulgarity and vacuum that is Trump and all he represents! Unable to 'storm' out. Unable to insult .. shout down with 'Fake news' or 'Woke' he and his entourage had to listen to a message of Humanity! Truth to power! The exposure of the shallow vulgarity of this regime was clear for all to see!!! shame on all those who voted for this bully.

[@Edward-cv2gw]

Must feel a bit strange for you guys...normally the hard left don't mix well with religion.

[@BugleCoops]

It was incredibly brave, she knew full well that it would be rejected and there would be personal consequences at the tiny hands of a petty and vindictive sociopath... Alas, it won't make a shred of difference.

[@danw5760]

​@@BugleCoopslying is not bravery

[@svengalisounds4471]

Until the ever growing wealth inequality gap is addressed by taxing the super rich then nothing will change

[@dxd8663]

Trying to blame Bezos for Southport is wild 😂 😂 😂

[@ashleysewell5959]

James is wild, he's been radicalised and is a danger to this country.

[@logibare1940]

Stop buying from Amazon/Tesla and stop working for them

[@callumwinter8884]

I mean, if that's a serious question, James could easily DELETE HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT. Just a thought 🙄

[@mikepost8965]

How can reporters and commentators not be on Twitter if they are to know firsthand what is happening and report on it.

[@arwel107]

@@mikepost8965 bluesky is waiting for them and you

[@Cyber_Crows]

We can’t it’s the inevitable end state of capitalism.

[@sameaulahad2824]

I mean, the idea of capitalism is to keep making profits and growth, think it peaked around the 2000s now is gotten to the point where they have to be greedy and unethical to carry on making profits… that’s where capitalism leads to… the very end.

[@cup1966wow]

@@sameaulahad2824 Its basically where any system leads to. Unfortunately the type of people who want to lead are normally the type who want to consolidate power. All systems work fairly well during prosperity when everything is just growing as the rising tide brings up everyone. But when money becomes tights then unethical practices start happening. This seen throughout history, times of strife lead to more unequal societies.

[@sameaulahad2824]

@ brilliantly put.

[@redmed10]

The old idea was that if you worked hard you could make something of your life. Buy a house and build a family. It was hard but achievable. Now companies use time and motion studies or kpi's are known these days to squeeze every bit of blood from their employees. Gone are overtime rates of triple or double time. 8 hour shifts are gone replaced with 10 and 12 hour shifts which are more suited for employers but which make it more difficult to have a decent personal or family life. Its a complex process with many moving parts but its all going in favour of the rich with capital which is the only way to increase wealth now and increasingly in the future.

[@kidShibuya]

Oh come on, are you going to call on hardware stores to stop selling hammers? Amazon isn't responsible for an attack because someone bought a knife. I can agree with a lot of what you say but that is just nonsense.

[@traderbean-btc485]

100% agree with you.

[@Mindflux_Zubzub]

Nobody suggested to stop selling the product, but for them to have certain restrictions and checks in place. At the moment, a child can buy a dangerous weapon - should that be the case? Lots of products have restrictions on them, why shouldn't knives? Alcohol is restricted, tobacco is restricted...why not knives? Or should anybody of any age be able to buy anything they want?

[@ashleysewell5959]

Only James O'brien has the ability to twist something so utterly ridiculous and get people dancing to his tune. Look at all his fanboys in the comments , the world has gone mad.

[@jojobinxy7542]

Other sites have restrictions on buying knives so not sure why it's so crazy to consider amazon having the same? Most supermarkets and department stores etc in the uk don't deliver knives, you have to go instore so they can age check you

[@ldf4064]

They isolated Britain with Brexit and now you need to defend yourselves with no allies.

[@christophercolling9392]

Use our high streets! Oh no wait they’re all vape shops and barbers now 👌

[@Catnyp2828]

Maybe Don Jr. needed his dealer free!!

[@rafd3593]

Thanks for enlightening us James 👍

[@cameronpearce5943]

I don’t think we can. I think the chance to avoid what’s coming is over. Like Rome our civilisation is collapsing under the weight of its own inadequacy, and our best option now is to prepare however we can to preserve who and what we can for what comes after.

[@executivecars7695]

You never gave it a second thought when they were both censoring the wrong opinions….or plain facts

[@TheSILENTBOB180]

Amazingly musk and bezos were OK for the left a couple of years ago

[@kevinvroman5366]

This channel has become my reprieve from the insanity unfolding in the US and the groundwork for a Western dystopia

[@kevind8240]

Like Borat in a yellow swimsuit, corruption is proudly strutting in the Sun. Crazy pills

[@UKFirst123]

James still confused why America voted for someone who will put the people first

[@danmayberry1185]

James, you're thinking of telly, when a bloke at BBC Television Centre hit the 'playback' switch and Inspector Morse magically appeared in our homes. Now a bloke down the pub hits "upload" and something appears in the palms of 5 billion social media users. There is no Internet Ofcom.

[@Mindflux_Zubzub]

But Ofcom ARE in charge of internet regulation in the UK and will be responsible for enforcing the Online Safety Act. Hopefully, the major platforms will adhere to the law. Given they all have powerful algorithms in place capable of placing an advert in front of you relevant to something you searched for, or even just mentioned, within minutes of doing so means they certainly have the capability to block illegal content, if they wanted to. There's no money in that so, currently, they don't focus on it as much as they should.

[@Chriscraft50]

Imagine the Left being so out of touch that Trump seemed the better option. I sure hope the left learns something, but I fear they never do. I think that's the frustrating part.

[@earFront]

Billionaires bleed just as well as regular ordinary people who they bleed dry everyday in their own greed based ways.

[@dannybagley9424]

Did you not notice that right after Trump became President and signed his executive orders that eggs went to $1.00 a dozen and gas went to $1.00 a gallon.

[@Mindflux_Zubzub]

Given we're in the UK, no! What were the prices before him being sworn in?

[@paulstewart6293]

The three of them are obsessed with themselves. There's no way these huge egos will keep it together. I think Musky boy will lose it first. Hope springs eternal. Is ketamine legal and is it easy to overdose with it?

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

Ketamine is legal for the treatment of depression and also a controlled substance. In the UK it’s a Class C drug. An overs of Ket is easy & can be fatal.

[@verystripeyzebra]

He'll lose it when the true size of his wealth becomes known. ie he's the world's biggest bankrupt. Like Enron on steroids.

[@gaiaiulia]

The UK, and my own country Ireland, have to set boundaries to ensure that fascism can't take root here. Democracy is a fragile thing, and needs constant care, imo. The descent of the US into the mess they're in at the moment is very worrying.

[@loneego]

I guess a first step would be stop using Twitter?

[@riz-man]

It would probably require, the UK, Canada, the EU (minus Hungary😉) and heck, even Mexico....to get together and say fine, let's play your game but we're all working together.

[@danmayberry1185]

As kids we played "pig in the middle."

[@dreamcoyote]

One thing Biden did, that I think only he truly could have accomplished, was to organize very wide ranging and seriously impactful sanctions against Russia when it invaded Ukraine. Within two weeks massive bank accounts had been locked up, trade stopped, Russia in shock despite having prepared for it to happen eventually. No it wasn't perfect, but it was a massive economic strike and at a frightening speed and scale. Imagine what would happen to the US markets if that was even threatened against the US. Just talking about such dire plans would make huge waves. The tighter integration of large money transfers and world markets has made this sort of threat have real and tangible meaning. It's a big f'ing red button and would cost those that push it as well, but.. it's there now.

[@ga1actic_muffin]

Better Call Luigi

[@wozzywick]

The number of posts on major platforms makes it pretty much impossible to remove all violent material

[@Mindflux_Zubzub]

Yet any of these platforms can stick an advert in front of you relevant to something you searched for, or even just mentioned, within minutes?! Your statement is completely untrue. They just put all their efforts in to things that make money, not the safety of users.

[@verystripeyzebra]

Perhaps using some of your few hundred billion to employ staff.

[@aw3s0me12]

The first thing is *"stop ANY"* projects from Tesla & stop selling/buying them.

[@Chris-e2e5m]

When someone drink drives, you don't argue Toyota should put a breathalyser in every car. His parents knew what he was doing. The authorities knew what he was doing. Why did they allow him to use the internet in he first place? Why wasn't he locked up in a mental institution? Tired of people blaming tech companies for parents and the governments laziness and incompetence

[@geofrancis2001]

A pardon doesn't clear them of the charges, it confirms that they were guilty and that the conviction was cancelled.

[@Mindflux_Zubzub]

Actually, what you have described is when a sentence is commuted, that's when the original charge remains on record. A Pardon DOEScompletely wipe the record clean. It's why the so-called QANON Shaman declared immediately upon release that he was going to exploit his new, charge-free record to go and buys guns! Best to check these things before you post! Smh

[@bananapeel234]

Just technical words either way they’re back home with they’re loved ones.

[@flaccidchrist]

Censorship isn’t the issue, it’s the lack of fully funded mental health services

[@JohnGodwin]

James wasn't saying this about Soros. In fact, he claimed anyone who believed Soros was involved in financing politics for his own ends was deluded and a conspiracy theorist.

[@nickj3287]

You cant stop them, but you can be competitive, which makes you equal and respected...

[@noahmiyavong6780]

You loose. Woke is finished. Soon James will be kicked aside as well

[@lookbovine]

Woke is yr own illusion. Yr illusion may fade but reality remains.

[@steviebeare1961]

Never use Amazon and give everyone in a Tesla a Paddington stare 🐻

[@banksiasong]

Excellent editorial.

[@QuatreVignt]

American Oligarchy.

[@YourBlackLocal]

Starmer is obsessed with pandering to people who won't vote for him...

[@drbennyboombatz9195]

You're going off the presumption that online platforms actually want grotesque violence to be viewed, they don't want that, it's terrible for business!

[@Mindflux_Zubzub]

Yeah, they're all doing so badly, with all this terrible content on their platforms, aren't they?! What are you talking about?!

[@petegraf]

Jane Fonda explained how to deal with these people. But decorum says it's not right and they earned their place fair and square.

[@JohnJohnson-mq5ve]

Thoroughly amused at centrists waking up about twenty years too late

[@moomin3744]

Be careful James, dont want to get caught up in any legal matters now, not with these guys.

[@moodswinggaming2972]

Reminds me of The Joker releasing the Arkham Lunatics from the asylum. What we need is a Batman, and i'd bet there's plenty of folks out there who fancy being him. It's going to be a rocky few years but hopefully not too much beyond that ?

[@JamShady]

Whilst I am in general agreement with your point, I find it fascinating that when the US Congress and political parties are divided on pretty much *every* issue, except for indiscriminate and unwavering support for Israel, no matter what they do, when many of the senior officials are nationals of Israel, when congress officials can wear IOF uniform (i.e. a foreign country's uniform) into Congress and be celebrated for it, when AIPAC openly claims it controls all the senators and can make/break the careers of any politician, when the major media publishers have clear ties to Israel... when it's said that Zionists are controlling the world (largely based on their own actions and statements), it's instantly dismissed as some kind of conspiracy-level anti-semitic trope?? Weird how much cognitive dissonance you have until there's little choice left other than to recognise it. It was the same with the IOF massacre of Palestinians... took you a while to recognise the actual brutality of it, except you still keep framing it in context of Oct 11, as though that's when everything started, when in reality Palestinians were living through that pretty much daily for decades.

[@Mindflux_Zubzub]

Could you not have saved that rant for a thread that was actually about Israel?! Why bring this up here? Stay on topic.

[@bigmansbasketballlaughs8325]

Limit sale of knives. Most ubiquitous item on planet come on man

[@emmajay4495]

But all the tech billionaires will scream FREE SPEECH, FREE SPEECH

[@ajwo5984]

It's funny to see these people acting as if this is brand new. When that's all they've been doing.

[@gailforce]

They'll all fall out with each other. Narcissists always do

[@wavydavy9816]

They currently have NO security because they think they're not on anyone's hit list, so now would be the perfect time to act accordingly, before any of them wise up.

[@daveferger9947]

He should have said , "When capitalism is sick, fascism runs to it's bedside."

[@Bejay1966]

Absolutely sickening!!! We’ve gone down a dark hole from which there’s no escape. The governments should no consider banning & bringing these tech companies to justice!!

[@CanonTogger717]

It’s too late. You can’t stop them. Just stop paying attention to the world’s problem and spend time trying to enjoy your life. James seems like he needs a holiday he is angry at everything

[@johnsteve2377]

You can't but help to think of the old saying about absolute power and corruption. I think in their early days all of the billionaires in that second row were just considered as guys who had a great idea that turned to gold. But now they all seem to be doing whatever helps them keep their hold on that gold and position of power. They've gone from being individuals people looked at as geniuses solving our modern problems to modern day robber barons. What ethics they may have started out with have become twisted and corrupted.

[@maurbyrne]

As they can defy the spirit of most laws, there is enough law in place in the UK to ban each of these offending Social media sites immediately.

[@dmmw125]

But not enough headroom for us to be able to absorb the inevitable sanctions that would follow. The largest contributor to the IMF is America and they would rightly set fresh elections as one of the preconditions for a Bailout.

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

we can't. they won.

[@aitordotco]

Keeping calm and listening to Gary Economics

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Had no idea about the drug guys pardon. Words fail me. The lunatics are indeed running the asylum…

[@fabiankehrer3645]

Deny, Defend, Depose?

[@rudolphteperberry3888]

I think the phone companies and internet service providers should also take their part of the blame. Rudakubana wouldn't have had access to any of that material of it wasn't for them.

[@mensor]

Knife makers, UBER that gave him a lift there, his parents for having a child, the Romans who built the roads? Where do you draw the line of blame?

[@rudolphteperberry3888]

@mensor blame everyone but the perpetrator. That's the only line.

[@richardmcrandal6696]

Trump... The real deal.

[@cindysimpson6428]

81 Million "legal" votes ? WHO REALLY STILL BELIEVES THAT ? I'm sure every commenter here.

[@RoyBattyLives]

It’s time to unplug the internet. As I sit here wishing that things could be prevented from changing from how they were I realise that that is conservatism. My swing starts here!

[@kingcynic5669]

Starmer recognising the rule of law ... unless it comes to big corporations or Israel!

[@juggletiff125]

Muskolini.

[@Chocolate_teapot420]

The most simple thing we can do is make them pay their taxes. Something Starmer won’t do. Oh and shut down Twitter.

[@HarryNottings]

The only way you defeat billionaires is class solidarity. Except most americans are explicitly opposed to anything that benefits their own class

[@ldf4064]

On a list of bad things South Africa is known for, Apartheid might not to stay at the top for long.

[@lookbovine]

Apartheid is a crime against humanity.

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

The people must vote for anyone who opposes billionaires and their agenda.

[@bryansmith1920]

Oih Jim careful @ 1:55 ifin it weren't for the crooked digit, I could have sworn, you were showing solidarity with Elon😂😂😂

[@Icewafer]

Change the law so that if you can't show a profit (Taxable income) as a business then you can't pay out a dividend to shareholders

[@thetessellater9163]

Anyone with billions has not paid enough taxes, especially when so many go hungry. We are collapsing into chaos with these super billionaires. " Get 'em up against the wall "

[@madhuchoudhary9655]

When will the billionaires be charged 40- 50% income taxes , like the normal people . These billionaires are the ones who have eaten up most of the jobs , and small & middle sized businesses.

[@rebel_at_stagnation]

The direction of the sycophancy isn't obvious to me. It is not clear who is bending the knee to whom.

[@studiopond]

regulate and tax the rich

[@oikkuoek]

With a piece of brass, a dash of lead sprinkled with coal, sulfur and cotton.. "But, but, but.. That's.." Yes. The thing is, as they themselves have said for ages, it's either us or them. "But. but, but, that's wrong and I can't do wrong things" That's on you. They are doing everything they can and a few extra hours to climb the ladder, to survive, to create the climate where they can thrive. If you don't have anything to counter this change, if you refuse to act, that not their fault, that's your fault. Omelette and eggs.

[@DennisUnderock]

Two cases out of how many million users? Emotional manipulation. Fear mongering

[@rosem5060]

Having dealt with a narcissist for years, I can tell you that seating arrangements are a demonstration of power. I am sure that it was arranged by Trump himself and that it shows that the tech bros are his inner circle and that the cabinet is secondary and perhaps even irrelevant.

[@chromegaman]

Spot on as usual. The best way to limit the power of major tech companies and "put the genie back in the bottle" through regulatory measures would be, in my opinion, to have a coordinated global government set of actions that does three things: 1) Make having more than a certain limit of assets and holdings (let's put it at $999M US for sake of argument) practically illegal on a personal level, where every asset beyond that limit is fined and taxed and seized so that we no longer have a "billionaire" class. 2) Turn the internet into a globally government run public utility, where your contribution to the maintenance and preservation of it depends on the amount of space and use you or your company takes up, and where regulators have more tools to track and remove content deemed a public harm. 3) Run a global campaign of antitrust designed to break apart the major multinational corporate giants (like Amazon and Alphabet) into regional companies that could still dominate the regional market but gives new startups and innovators space to set up and grow instead of being immediately crushed by forces outside their country.

[@TheTrueCyberpig]

As Maria Hyde has said, tittok being able to be Switched OFF has proved that the internet is controllable and sites CAN be shutoff

[@M_EvoBass]

Welcome to dystopia. We are doomed.