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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-21 at 11:03

You can get your recaps elsewhere! I include some bizarre details from the inauguration, but focus on deeper analysis.

The whole event shows Trump and his tech bros coming together to make America even more unfair and scammy.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/21/a-brazen-grift-turns-his-inauguration-over-to-maga-scams/

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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-21 at 11:06

Why read past headlines: For one, I'm quite proud of my ending paragraph.

More importantly, I draw out how Trump is a perfect president for tech billionaires, as Silicon Valley stops making good products and moves into its scamming phase.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/21/a-brazen-grift-turns-his-inauguration-over-to-maga-scams/

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Written by Greengordon on 2025-01-21 at 14:10

@AmandaMarcotte

"There was once a time when the conservative argument behind "capitalism works" would be something about free markets and competition creating prosperity for all. Now the mask is fully off and we see what this slogan really means: rich people get all the money and the rest of us can suck eggs — if you can even find them anymore at the supermarket."

[#]uspol #capitalism

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Written by otto on 2025-01-22 at 14:43

@AmandaMarcotte damage to ideals of constitutional government and rule of law are not the focus of this coterie of ass kissers. We would waste our time to accuse them of that. It will just happen in the way china gets broken when a bull enters the shop...its not intentional.

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