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The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Robert Reich—Bluesky.

  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    6 days ago

    Really it’s been like that in America for well over a century. They’re all following the playbook laid out by Hearse who bought into journalism with his mining fortune, and then utilized the press to protect his mining fortune.