RoarVille
You often hear about gargantuan corporate behemoths that are deemed to be, rightly or (often) wrongly...
You often hear about gargantuan corporate behemoths that are deemed to be, rightly or (often) wrongly...
...Too big to fail.
Think of, for example, Wall Street banks during the financial crisis of 2008.
ABC News is set to pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Donald J. Trump.{snip}Under the terms of a settlement revealed on Saturday, ABC News will donate the $15 million to Mr. Trump’s future presidential foundation and museum. The network and its star anchor, George Stephanopoulos, also published a statement saying they “regret” remarks made about Mr. Trump during a televised interview in March...
Now.
Given that ABC is owned by Disney, and given that the House of Mouse is likely worried that the incoming Trump administration could make its life difficult in all sorts of realms, regulatory or otherwise, one can only wonder if the massive company decided that it is just too big to risk any fight whatsoever with Mr. Trump.
Just like Mr. Bezos' Washington Post and Mr. Soon-Shiong's Los Angeles Times before them.
Not to mention MSNBC and Joe Scarborough schlepping on down to Palm Beach recently.
It seems to me that all of this is much, much worse than this thing that has been dubbed to be 'sane washing'.
Because, essentially, it is becoming increasingly clear that these conflicted corporate giants are scared to do anything that will upset the new king.
And that is very scary, indeed, for anyone working for those teetering giants that is still trying to actually speak truth to power.
If you get my drift.
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This idea was crystallized for me when I listened to the usually pugnacious Anne Applebaum speak with former WaPo columnist Greg Sargent this morning...I must confess that I was very surprised by Ms. Applebaum's somewhat conciliatory 'this is not that really all that different than business-as-usual' tone.
While I beat her to pixel punch by a few minutes, Marcy Wheeler does a much better job of what is really scary for a democracy in all of this, including Mr. Trump's making made men out of the tech bros...MW also gives Ms. Applebaum a bit of a hard time as well, mostly given that it has been apparent for some time now that Trump is following the press-cowing strategy of Victor Orban...
Finally....I realize that the drama involving Mr. Trudeau and his caucus will likely be pretty much done by the time you read this, but..Just in case...The most insightful live blogging I've seen on this is being done by Evan Scrimshaw.
Finally....I realize that the drama involving Mr. Trudeau and his caucus will likely be pretty much done by the time you read this, but..Just in case...The most insightful live blogging I've seen on this is being done by Evan Scrimshaw.
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2 comments:
The Mango Mussolini is now flexing his muscles and demanding fealty from everyone.
The USA is cruising into dangerous times and a reply of 1861 is becoming more and more a certainty.
Trump is now de-facto a dictator and when sworn in, the arrest will be made; the wing-nuts will take charge; and the Quislings will soon rule.
One wonders if the military, who swear n oath to the constitution and not the presidents, will stand for this.
My guess is, when Trump dumps NATO.
Anon-Above--
Given that it is the variable that is most changed in the Trump Governance equation compared to four years ago, I am most worried about the Quisling factor.
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