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"Substack CEO Chris Best said he didn't want to "engage in speculation" about statements like “all brown people are animals.""

Given another opportunity to answer correctly by the interviewer, “You know this is a very bad response to this question, right? You’re aware that you’ve blundered into this. You should just say no. And I’m wondering what’s keeping you from just saying no,"

He declined.

So, fuck him. And fuck his site.

I'll NEVER use Substack. #BlackMastodon
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Substack’s CEO Would Rather Not Think About the Racist Stuff. Okay?

Substack chief Chris Best said he didn't want to "engage in speculation" about statements like “all brown people are animals."
Thomas Germain (Gizmodo)
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Nicole Parsons
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These tech lords aren't stupid people.

Somewhere in their evolution as technology leaders, they've developed the rather oddly childish concept that libertarianism isn't fascistic.

Or maybe it's just the source of their VC funding that creates this refusal to know. Middle Eastern oil kleptocrats aren't known for their flexibility on bigotry. Neither are #KochNetwork Republican billionaire donors.

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Huntn00
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Great wealth tends to corrupt the soul, poison the ego. It warps their reality, enables their worst impulses, and on frequent occasions turns them into giant, selfish, egotistical pricks.
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William Hughes
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I've seen pretty convincing presentation arguing that it literally damages their brains. youtu.be/IP2EKTCngiM

Are Rich People Okay? – SOME MORE NEWS

Hi. In today's episode, we look at what being rich does to your perception of yourself and others, the eccentricities of the super wealthy, how they use thei...
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kurtsh
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What Nicole said. Not sure wealth itself is the cause. I know many obscenely wealthy people that are kind & decent. The question I ask is how did they get that rich.

For example, I commonly run into former athletes that became businessmen & they're often total assholes leaning on the same tools that they used in competitive sports.
- If you're not 1st, you're last
- I take what I want
- Fuck anyone that gets in my way
- For me to win, you need to lose

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Biped Earthling
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Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, James Simons & Larry Fink are all insanely wealthy, AND decent human beings.
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TomasHradcky
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For me Gates is a modern Carnegie, trying to rehabilitate his utter ruthless past. He has no remorse for the peoples lives he crushed for the sake of his beloved Microsoft. As you noted he could have been a good one, but not for me.
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Biped Earthling
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I read the book when it came out.

Not impressed.

Not at all.

All books written from those perspectives were from people who weren't insiders, didn't actually know insiders, were anonymous quotes from disgruntled MS staffers, gripes from hapless would-be rivals, and anecdotal wink-wink/nod-nod tabloid fare.

Oh, also mix in vocal minority open source adherents who have outed themselves as being more evil than Microsoft was ever purported to be.

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Biped Earthling
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BillG's crimes was that he was hyper-competitive.

That's not a sin; neither a crime.

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Huntn00
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Ok, so some of the good billionaires when they have so much money they can’t possibly spend set up a foundation to give a fraction of it back. It’s so inspiring. 🙄But they have enough money they could fund a State, so this is Capitalism enabling this kind of gluttony. Exactly how much money does a human being need to live a good, happy, productive life? A hell of a lot less… 🤔
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Biped Earthling
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They d have a lot of money, enugh for several lifetimes.

That, is true.

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Nicole Parsons
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Short answer? It's complicated.

Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio etc. made a lot of money, sometimes through ruthless capitalism, yet now seem to be giving their money to worthwhile causes like ending guinea worm disease & malaria. There are worse ways to make amends.

On the other hand, GOP billionaires like Barre Seid, Charles Koch, Harlan Crow, Stephen Schwarzman, Ken Griffin, Kelcy Warren, & Tim Dunn are using their fake ...

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...philanthropy to end democracy & fry the planet.

Seid's $1.6 billion in tax evasion ended the civil rights of 167 million American women. Schwarzman & Crow's cash dehoused millions through high housing costs & RealPage. Warren & Tim Dunn's cash is creating a theocratic petro-state despot.

Charles Koch is leaving a $5 billion bequest to finish converting American constitutional democracy into fossil fuel funded fascism.
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Checks & Imbalances: Inside Charles Koch’s Latest Wealth Transfer

Today we look at the latest way Charles Koch is trying to influence policy and politics.
Zach Everson (Forbes)

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@Npars01
Why do these phony"foundations" even exist as tax-exempt entities? They are scams to avoid taxes for the ultra wealthy while pushing a sick and destructive ideology. The perversion is that these billionaires are so obsessed with not paying any tax, they will do anything to avoid them even after death. Psychos.
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Huntn00
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My point is there are good and bad people across the spectrum. In my opinion, that much wealth should not be in the hands of single individuals, it’s not healthy for our society, and there’s enough people when they get that much money become dangerous so, the problem is we need responsible people in charge to regulate this, and that is also a huge challenge. I’m a cynic about the future of the human species, I mention The Great filter quite often. 🤔
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People like Charles Koch are prepared to risk the extinction of the human species to runaway climate change.

A tipping point could happen with a mass volcanic eruption, or nuclear war, combined with climate change could render the planet uninhabitable for human civilization.

These GOP megadonors are playing with the lives of billions of people.

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wionews.com/science/volcanoes-…

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Siberian Volcanic Eruptions Triggered End-Permian Mass Extinction, New Study Confirms | Sci.News

The end-Permian mass extinction -- the most severe extinction event in the past 540 million years -- was caused by massive volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia, according to new research.
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Biped Earthling
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@Npars01 Don't forget the nutter who gave almost $2 billion to the Federalist society to build the current corrupt crop of Hez'Bollah Supremes..

They actually hate America.

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Barre Seid $1.6 billion bought the overturn of Roe vs Wade.

That public corruption of the Supreme Court ended the civil rights of 167 million American women.

And there's more to come...

nytimes.com/2024/09/18/opinion…

axios.com/2024/09/12/leonard-l…

washingtonspectator.org/billio…

propublica.org/article/dark-mo…

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Billionaire Barre Seid Helped Overturn Roe | Washington Spectator

On August 22nd of this year, the New York Times reported that a secretive Chicago industrialist named Barre Seid had transferred more than $1.6…
Lisa Graves (Washington Spectator)

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Nicole Parsons
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@homelessjun
I access all pay walled material through my public library. Mine uses PressReader.

You can also copy/paste the link with a prefix to several work arounds
wikihow.com/Access-News-Articl…


How to Access News Articles for Free: 12 Paywall Bypasses

Are you trying to read a news article that requires a subscription? Even if you do support great journalism, it can be pricey to subscribe to every publication you want to read. If you're not ready to commit to a subscription, there are...
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Biped Earthling
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@Npars01 @homelessjun Most of the time, posting the article's headlines shows you several no-paywall links.

Caveat emptor, though: you ONLY want to click on trusted sites.

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Steve Dallape ☑️ 🌎
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@Npars01 @homelessjun I am usually on my phone when I run into paywall, and paywallhub.com is great for that situation. One of the options (usually 12ft.io) almost always works

PaywallHub | Remove paywalls for free.

PaywallHub unites all your favorite paywall removers.
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