• GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    29 days ago

    Company that makes nothing being traded from one ghost company to the next.

    And the entire time the owners just get to live in giant houses and control governments and all the real shit in the world.

    How. How is this any different than a tyranny of a religious caste telling you that the gods demand you give the priests more food and virgins.

    It makes my brain scream.

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      29 days ago

      And the entire time the owners just get to live in giant houses and control governments and all the real shit in the world.

      And their wealth is mostly perceived value based on the vibe people have about their company. They borrow against that perceived value to avoid taxes.

  • SootySootySoot [any]@hexbear.net
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    30 days ago

    He made xAI buy Twitter at a value of $45bn dollars (minus debts). Exactly 1bn more than he paid for it, just so he gets to pretend like he isn’t a completely failed investor.

  • Monk3brain3 [any, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    29 days ago

    So worthless xai stock (based on deepseek showing ai for the scam it is) for x which was once worth something as twitter

    yikes

    But hey he learned from Uncle Sam. The US dollar hegemony is basically take our paper for your goods and labor or we nuke you