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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: 0.006s | source

Previously: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160315 (1333 comments)
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renegade-otter ◴[09 Dec 25 05:10 UTC] No.46201465[source]▶
Jared Kushner's firm? I am pretty sure about who is going to win....
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digitaltrees ◴[09 Dec 25 06:44 UTC] No.46201953[source]▶
the fact that this is credible should scare every entrepreneur. If you cant compete on an even playing field because some people have direct government involvement in tipping the scales we are neither a free market economy nor a democracy.
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renegade-otter ◴[09 Dec 25 07:05 UTC] No.46202081[source]▶
Americans do not like when someone uses the words "fascism" and "oligarchy". It's jarring to think that is even possible in the United States but a) we are here and b) the two have traditionally gone hand-in-hand.
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BLKNSLVR ◴[09 Dec 25 08:31 UTC] No.46202617{3}[source]▶
The Americans that react most extremely to those words are generally those that don't realize it's actually what they want.

They just know the words as derogatory, without realizing that they represent the world as they think they'd like it to be.

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1. actionfromafar ◴[09 Dec 25 11:58 UTC] No.46203947{4}[source]▶
That, is very Russian. They are "fighting the fascists" though they are.
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2. renegade-otter ◴[09 Dec 25 14:18 UTC] No.46205152[source]▶
Not surprising that the same people have special affection for Russia and their dictator. It's a role model.