Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion

Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by StefanBatory on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @10:54AM (#42389002)

It does really appear that America's getting her own, homegrown oligarchs.

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by NoGravitas on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:59PM (#42391405)

We've had them for a long time; basically the only time we've tried to reduce their power was the Great Depression and post-WWII era, but since the 70s we've been letting them off the leash.

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by entropicdrifter on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @02:57PM (#42392132)

Correct. 10/10 summary

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by ceejayoz on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @03:11PM (#42392329)

Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller... we've had them.

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by paulryanrogers on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @05:52PM (#42393938)

They've mostly kept a low profile since the Great Depression though. And plenty would be oligarchs were taxed out of the upper class by the WW2 tax brackets.

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by etc-hosts on Thursday December 12, 2024 @03:12PM (#42402904)

The families that lost their wealth in the Civil War and the families who had to pay a little more tax because of the New Deal and the people still mad about LBJ era civil rights legislation have all banded together.

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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by ChrisRR on Friday December 13, 2024 @04:08AM (#42407086)

America has had oligarchs for a very long time. The government is very much in the pocket of big businesses

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