@therealnews@mastodon.social
A common strategy is to make the victims into solution finders, instead of obligating the perpetrators to clean up their own mess.
It's a way of draining resources away from activists. The Politics of Exhaustion.
"I'm a bigot, climate denier, antivaxxer, & election denier, solve my problems for me" is demanded of #MeToo , #BlackLivesMatter , & Democrats by GOP billionaires with vast resources.
Ukraine is told to resolve Putin's imperial ambitions for him.
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Voters are told to halt Trump's GOP fascism.
Jews are told to solve Holocaust & genocide denial. Latinos are told to fix ICE. Muslims are told to fix Islamophobia. LGBTQ are told to solve homophobia. Feminists are told to fix male loneliness & incel misogyny.
Jim Crow segregationists are never told to fix the KKK. NRA is never told to fix gun violence.
Tax evading billionaires are never asked to resolve the national debt, budget shortfalls, or the recessions that their greed has caused.
@tante@tldr.nettime.org
There are a number of practices used to give guidance to transgressive "I don't have to follow the rules" childishness.
They also increase in scope, if the conduct persists.
Natural consequences means letting fascists have a taste of the results of what they've done.
Ostracism. Time outs. Constructive criticism & feedback. Loss of access. Withdrawal of privileges. Exclusion. Mandatory reporting. Regulation. Oversight. Lawsuits. Sanctions. Fines. Audits.
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Compliance reviews. Firing management. Replacing the board of directors. Monetary loss. Receivership trustees. Bankruptcy. Forced sales. Nationalization.
In 2018, Google took investment money from a murderous petrostate despot, to launch AI as a state surveillance platform.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html
Inflection point, time for consequences for tax-evading monopolies like Google.
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These people funded an incompetent into the White House to evade taxation & keep their wealth hoarding.
21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
23. Howard W. Lutnick $16,503,667
24. Kelcy L. Warren $16,151,105
25. Walter W. Jr. Buckley $15,522,500
26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894
29. David Millstone $13,413,486
30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
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These people funded crooks into public office to get open public corruption in the Supreme Court.
33. Anthony Lomangino $9,529,705
34. J. Christopher Reyes $9,536,425
35. Jay Winters Faison $9,084,324
36. James Davis $8,497,854
37. John W. Childs $8,694,286
38. Patricia Duggan $8,446,099
39. Richard G. Haworth $7,500,800
40. Marc J. Rowan $8,721,299
41. Jeffrey & Loeffler Specher $7,052,013
42. John L. III Nau $7,030,556
43. Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
44. Robert H. Book $6,986,387
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These people funded a fascist movement that risks world war.
8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650
16. Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
19. Jan Koum $20,855,091
20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263
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These people funded an incompetent into the White House to evade taxation & keep their wealth hoarding.
21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
23. Howard W. Lutnick $16,503,667
24. Kelcy L. Warren $16,151,105
25. Walter W. Jr. Buckley $15,522,500
26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894
29. David Millstone $13,413,486
30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
@wdlindsy@toad.social
What is truly weird is how little public opprobrium is directed at the billionaires who bought the election for Trump's GOP crooks.
There are reports that their names are being scrubbed from search results on Google.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/google-tool-misused-to-scrub-tech-ceos-shady-past-from-search/
1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors
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These people funded a fascist movement that risks world war.
8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650
16. Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
19. Jan Koum $20,855,091
20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263
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