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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it can't be packaged and sold for a guaranteed return it's not worth anything.

[–] kemsat 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rudolf is a yearly tradition for many, and it teaches exactly that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmm, this is an interesting interpretation... I don't remember anything being sold in Rudolph...

Are you referring to the "Island of Misfit Toys" part, or the "silver and gold" part?

[–] kemsat 6 points 1 month ago

I mean that Rudolf is treated badly until they realize that he can he used.

[–] grue 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The underlying problem in all these cases is the failure of the FTC to do its goddamn job of enforcing antitrust and consumer protection law.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Heh, Lina Kahn's done the best job at that of anyone in years. Rupert Murdoch has pushed hundreds of hit pieces against her because she's been so strong on the antitrust suits.

[–] grue 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's true, and yet my point is, too. It just goes to show how comprehensively the FTC has been failing that even good leadership is too little, too late at this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah, the work she's been doing is like 30 years overdue.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

From everything... It is making life very unpleasant all around. Everything is locked behind some bullshit website with dark pattern

[–] dr_scientist 4 points 1 month ago

TIL that Nile Rodgers, one of my favourite artists, is now a corporate shil/POS. Re: 'Hipgnosis', a firm that purchases song rights for use in ads, etc.

Company partner and funk legend Nile Rodgers has presented it to investors as an opportunity “to establish songs as an uncorrelated asset class with attractive risk[-adjusted] returns”