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0 pointsbeckler7y ago0 comments

Imagine if a foreign company bought Sinclair.

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What makes you think they're not already somehow manipulated by foreign interests? How would you know?

Foreign interests? Domestic interests? I struggle to see the difference when it's all said and done. In either case the spirit of the republic is spat on. In either case, We The People get some perverted version of a gov said to be: of the people, by the people, for the people.

Death is still death whether by foreign cancer of domestic cancer.

If you trust (e.g.) Wall Street more than you trust (e.g.) The Russians then I have a bridge you might be interested in. Given their presumed loyalty - but ultimately the lack there of - the former's violations are relatively worse.

Let's not be naive.

r00fus7y ago

I stand corrected. Foreign or domestic, their interests don't align with the US public at large.

nasredin7y ago

IIRC China recently bought a major Hollywood studio.

Also notice the increase in token Chinese actors in recent blockbusters.

Transformers even had some CCP pandering in the script.

The self-censorship this brings is a real problem.

kolpa7y ago

That's more for making the movies popular in China than for manipulating American attitudes.

floatrock7y ago

It would be blocked. Just last month for example the administration blocked Singapore-based Broadcom from a takeover bid of Qualcomm on national security grounds.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/technology/trump-broadcom...

Not a fan of any of these folks, but if Trump is willing to do a USPS audit pony show just because he's in a kerfuffle with Amazon's WaPo, an international takeover of a large media conglomerate is highly unlikely.

mulmen7y ago

Amazon does not own WaPo. This distinction is important.

mieseratte7y ago

How about this, the guy who owns the Washington Post is the founder and a major stakeholder of Amazon.

floatrock7y ago

Of course not. The point is billionaires get into pissing contests by attacking whatever flank or asset is the easiest target.

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solarkraft7y ago

While blocking large foreign buyouts is probably a win for the US I still wouldn't trust the admin to do so reliably. Just throw a few hundred bucks their way.

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r00fus7y ago

What makes you think they're not already somehow manipulated by foreign interests? How would you know?

chiefalchemist7y ago

Death is still death whether by foreign cancer of domestic cancer.

Let's not be naive.

r00fus7y ago

I stand corrected. Foreign or domestic, their interests don't align with the US public at large.

nasredin7y ago

IIRC China recently bought a major Hollywood studio.

Also notice the increase in token Chinese actors in recent blockbusters.

Transformers even had some CCP pandering in the script.

The self-censorship this brings is a real problem.

kolpa7y ago

That's more for making the movies popular in China than for manipulating American attitudes.

floatrock7y ago

It would be blocked. Just last month for example the administration blocked Singapore-based Broadcom from a takeover bid of Qualcomm on national security grounds.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/technology/trump-broadcom...

mulmen7y ago

Amazon does not own WaPo. This distinction is important.

mieseratte7y ago

How about this, the guy who owns the Washington Post is the founder and a major stakeholder of Amazon.

floatrock7y ago

Of course not. The point is billionaires get into pissing contests by attacking whatever flank or asset is the easiest target.

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solarkraft7y ago

While blocking large foreign buyouts is probably a win for the US I still wouldn't trust the admin to do so reliably. Just throw a few hundred bucks their way.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse