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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Insider Trading As A Service (ITAAS).

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Incredible levels of corruption

Trump is getting very wealthy at the expense of America as a whole

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The only reason he ran was to stay out of jail and make himself rich. He doesn’t give a shit about anyone else.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't leave out vengeance on his perceived enemies.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Ah shit, you’re right.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's why if he very unlikely manages to live out his term in office, he will never give up hos seat. He knows once he's out he's done.

Like some bana republic dictator in the 60's.

"After all..

Why SHOULDN'T I keep it?"

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Can you just imagine the wealth we have in the world? Every single person on Earth could live in their own home, with clean water electricity and food, and we could have a great education system and a society for all, we have the money to do that several times over

It is only because the system that has afflicted the planet has taken over everything and refuses to let it happen!

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Uhhh... he's fucking with the rest of the world, too.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Has there ever been a more explicit, formal, and overt monetization of the presidency or any government position? Remember when the fucking idiots who voted for this pile of shit whined and whined about “the swamp”?

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

No. There literally never has. By orders of magnitude.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Remember when the Biden Crime Family just openly charged fees for insider trading information?

Yeah. Me neither.

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So he's turning his market manipulation into a service to sell market manipulation.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He’s clearly confirming that the market can be manipulated.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I mean, it's been a straight up racket for the past century.

We're back to Feudalism, with AI and robots.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah but this clear evidence

[–] wakko@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I remember when Americans took to the streets over a couple of cops being unjustly exonerated for beating a guy.

Americans aren't angry enough anymore.

[–] pnwpixel@programming.dev 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Outrage fatigue has set in, along with a fucked up economy, weak job market, and inflation. Will people accept all this as the "new normal" and just keep trying to survive it? Most will until they can't anymore. I don't know what that's going to look like, but I hope it's rooted deeply in civil disobedience and destruction of corporate control over us all.

A few well placed Luigi's is also fine.

[–] facelessbs@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I have told my kids before. That I do not look down upon others because in certain situations I would do the same for them.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Remember when the whole country was upset about the colour of a suit?

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 days ago

... about the colour of someone's skin?

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This will devalue the dollar and send the american stocks/indices crashing in the long run, right?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

one can hope.

I used to think there was a way out of this peacefully.

Now I just want this whole thing to crash and burn fast enough so we can hunt down the billionaires and politicians then get back on track.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How is the SEC not all over this?

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

The SEC that he controls? Who should be doing something is Congress. But, they're mostly in on it.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

SEC and Wall Street is just a revolving merry go round.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

It's worse when the president himself is heavily into insider trading

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Lawless country. Will crash and burn.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The people responsible will survive and get away with it.

If we let them.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

More grift.