- Nov 23, 2021
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He mentioned the yearly Davos meeting where the rich and powerful meet in some town in Switzerland. He said, they don’t want us to own anything anymore. That’s certainly true for tech companies which want monthly charges. But it’s like this guy races all the way to the end game.
He mentioned Blackstone which is a huge investment company having fingers in a lot of different pies. For example, he claimed they have loaned money to the Chinese military. That may be an Internet urban legend. But I bet they own major shares in companies which have sold to the Chinese military. And that’s not illegal. And China is a fellow competitor on the world stage, not an enemy, not even an adversary at this point in time.
And interestingly, some people on the political left worry about the same thing — that powerful corporations will get even more powerful. And that the rest of us will basically end up as serfs, rather than as free citizens in established and functioning democracies.
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I’m a Democrat.
I mean, just to lay my cards on the table and all. And I think a person can learn a lot talking with a person in another party, provided you have patience, can keep your cool and all that.
He mentioned Blackstone which is a huge investment company having fingers in a lot of different pies. For example, he claimed they have loaned money to the Chinese military. That may be an Internet urban legend. But I bet they own major shares in companies which have sold to the Chinese military. And that’s not illegal. And China is a fellow competitor on the world stage, not an enemy, not even an adversary at this point in time.
And interestingly, some people on the political left worry about the same thing — that powerful corporations will get even more powerful. And that the rest of us will basically end up as serfs, rather than as free citizens in established and functioning democracies.
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I’m a Democrat.
I mean, just to lay my cards on the table and all. And I think a person can learn a lot talking with a person in another party, provided you have patience, can keep your cool and all that.