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Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments.

Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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post #3

I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments. Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

They don't align with it. They've never aligned with it. It was always a lie.

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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post #3

I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments. Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

> Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

On the other hand they kept their promises of deporting and killing immigrants, and of getting rid of woke ideas like science and education.

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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post #3

I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments. Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

Yeah, election promises and post-election behavior aren't really correlated in general. I think this administration is worse than the average, but still.

Past talking points are not indicative of future behavior.

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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post #3

I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments. Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

> Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

Yup.

It's the same lie that the GOP cares about deficits and debt… except when they're in power and want to do tax cuts for the rich.

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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post #3

I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments. Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

I'm very familiar with political slogans always being largely bullshit, but the degree to which 'America First' or 'Make America Great Again' seem to be diametrically opposed to the real intentions is breathtaking.

Re: FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

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post #3

I don't understand how decisions like these align with the supposed "America First" rhetoric coming from the same side. Specifically - this deal is being led by the son of the president of the USA who was elected on promises of "bringing jobs back to America" and prioritizing domestic investments. Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.

At least in part, they legitimately see Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, and now Syria, as part of the American empire. I would argue this is a bipartisan elite belief as well, you see Dem current and former elected's lobbying and giving talks where policy is dictated in those countries all the time, investing and being invested in by those countries all the time.
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