silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBillionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really likewww.inquirer.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1549arrow-down1external-linkBillionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really likewww.inquirer.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major newspapers kill endorsements to appease Trump. They might be obeying, but you don’t need to. Americans: Vote & volunteer
minus-squareJordan117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·4 days agoI think it’s less out of fear and more about billionaire wannabe oligarchs tacitly supporting the candidate best aligned with their own interests.
minus-squareumbrellalinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days agobut the implications are flipped. the headlines imply these institutions were in favor of democracy in the first place and doing a blunder.
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days ago“Don’t publish that or I’ll fire you” coming from the org’s owner is pretty good incentive not to publish
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoAgreed. It’s a distinction without a difference.
I think it’s less out of fear and more about billionaire wannabe oligarchs tacitly supporting the candidate best aligned with their own interests.
That road leads to the same place.
but the implications are flipped. the headlines imply these institutions were in favor of democracy in the first place and doing a blunder.
“Don’t publish that or I’ll fire you” coming from the org’s owner is pretty good incentive not to publish
exactly what i mean.
Agreed. It’s a distinction without a difference.