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Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

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366 points gniting | 2 comments | 08 Dec 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Previously: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315 (1333 comments)
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digitaltrees ◴[09 Dec 25 06:47 UTC] No.46201972[source]▶
When did silicon valley shift from "making the world a better place through disintermediation of relational data structures" to "own the means of production, control all government and bring back public hanging for masculine leadership"? Are they immature enough to think that people will just accept this without pushback? This is not the SV I believed in, and it won't end well for anyone.
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cyclecount ◴[09 Dec 25 07:42 UTC] No.46202313[source]▶
Probably sometime around the early 1800s

Malcolm Harris wrote a book “Palo Alto” about how this culture took root in SV long before it was called Silicon Valley: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/10/palo-alto-book...

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1. digitaltrees ◴[09 Dec 25 09:01 UTC] No.46202825[source]▶
I don’t agree with this at all when you look at how much founder reinvestment in other younger founders has driven the ecosystem over generations.
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2. malcolmgreaves ◴[09 Dec 25 20:02 UTC] No.46209870[source]▶
Are a few hand-picked winners from VCs hand-picking the next generation's winners _actually_ creating any sort of social prosperity?