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⚠️Tech billionaires are buying the narrative: Elon Musk's $1B Paramount deal has suffocated an independent documentary critical of him
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FallenWalnut lemmy.world FallenWalnut@lemmy.world
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First TikTok suspended its account, and now it is almost gone from theatres... it will only get worse unless we take action against them.

Reminder to vote with your wallet and stop giving these companies more power.

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Jay lemmy.ca Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-07
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Too bad that movie hadn't made it to torrents yet, that I know of.

I have better things to do than watch a 4 hour movie about some random nazi asshole, but I'd like a copy of it anyway just to piss him off.

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DarkCloud lemmy.world DarkCloud@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-19
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Tech billionaires are also buying Peter Thiels "people who want regulation are the anti-christ"

It's pretty obvious at this point billionaires are evil, and enemies of the people. That we need laws to make them poor again.

I don't want to kill them, or eat the rich, I want to define a new category of crime: Extreme wealth. Particularly if it can be shown to have come from exploitation, or the wealthy person has tried to spread disharmony or hate.

I want money out of politics. I want plutocracy and oligarchy to be criminal offences. I want the punishment to be extreme and financial:

Make billionaires poor again.

ehMBooPAh.

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Freeposity lemmy.world Freeposity@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-27
#4 · Quote Reply

Tech billionaires are also buying Peter Thiels "people who want regulation are the anti-christ" It's pretty obvious at this point billionaires are evil, and enemies of the people. That we need laws to make them poor again. I don't want to kill them, or eat the rich, I want to define a new category of crime: Extreme wealth. Particularly if it can be shown to have come from exploitation, or the w...

Or we could make a new rule that if you make a billion dollars you get a trophy that states, "Congratulations, you have won capitalism!" and then all money over a billion goes to the government. You can continue to make money for society if you wish and we will even keep score for you so you can have the bragging rights. But you don't get to keep anything you make over a billion.

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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Too bad that movie hadn't made it to torrents yet, that I know of. I have better things to do than watch a 4 hour movie about some random nazi asshole, but I'd like a copy of it anyway just to piss him off.

We've had a dozen different documentaries about Elizabeth Holmes. God only knows how many podcasts she's inspired.

I just don't see the needle moving on public opinion towards insane, Silicon Valley lying shits.

Incidentally, do you know who originally went hard for the Queen of Scam Diagnostics herself? Larry Ellison was a huge early adopter of Theranos. He's still hard up for her. Very real possibility they had a romantic relationship.

I wonder if we're going to see the flood of Elizabeth Holmes tell-alls throttled in the near future, as Paramount takes over HBO.

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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Tech billionaires are also buying Peter Thiels "people who want regulation are the anti-christ" It's pretty obvious at this point billionaires are evil, and enemies of the people. That we need laws to make them poor again. I don't want to kill them, or eat the rich, I want to define a new category of crime: Extreme wealth. Particularly if it can be shown to have come from exploitation, or the w...

That we need laws to make them poor again.

Has that ever been how laws worked?

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neidu4 piefed.social neidu4@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-09-10
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Too bad that movie hadn't made it to torrents yet, that I know of. I have better things to do than watch a 4 hour movie about some random nazi asshole, but I'd like a copy of it anyway just to piss him off.

My first instinct upon learning the news was that I need t9 seed this. Let me know if you ever find a torrent or a copy. Hell, I'll even host a tracker for it.

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Pavidus lemmy.world Pavidus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#8 · Quote Reply

This is why I support c5.now. There needs to be a platform for documentaries that aren't controlled by the tech industry.

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Aralakh lemmy.ca Aralakh@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-08
#9 · Quote Reply

This is why I support c5.now. There needs to be a platform for documentaries that aren't controlled by the tech industry.

TIL, thanks for making me aware of this platform.

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#10 · Quote Reply

No one was going to watch a 4 hour doc about Musk anyway.

Shorts will appear eventually all over YouTube.

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
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My first instinct upon learning the news was that I need t9 seed this. Let me know if you ever find a torrent or a copy. Hell, I'll even host a tracker for it.

Let me know too, will seed

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
#12 · Quote Reply

Tech billionaires are also buying Peter Thiels "people who want regulation are the anti-christ" It's pretty obvious at this point billionaires are evil, and enemies of the people. That we need laws to make them poor again. I don't want to kill them, or eat the rich, I want to define a new category of crime: Extreme wealth. Particularly if it can be shown to have come from exploitation, or the w...

This has happened countless times throughout history and when we don't kill them they pop up again everywhere.

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Zedd_Prophecy lemmy.world Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#13 · Quote Reply

Too bad that movie hadn't made it to torrents yet, that I know of. I have better things to do than watch a 4 hour movie about some random nazi asshole, but I'd like a copy of it anyway just to piss him off.

Aye, and I'd send it along to some new trackers and networks if I got hold of a copy.

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Zedd_Prophecy lemmy.world Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#14 · Quote Reply

Or we could make a new rule that if you make a billion dollars you get a trophy that states, "Congratulations, you have won capitalism!" and then all money over a billion goes to the government. You can continue to make money for society if you wish and we will even keep score for you so you can have the bragging rights. But you don't get to keep anything you make over a billion.

Used to be taxed at 90 percent on the million after the first million in the 70s. Never would see billionaires. All that money went back to the people in some way.

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Indie lemmy.world Indie@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-31
#15 · Quote Reply

This is why I support c5.now. There needs to be a platform for documentaries that aren't controlled by the tech industry.

C5?

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teri discuss.tchncs.de teri@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-03
#16 · Quote Reply

This is why I support c5.now. There needs to be a platform for documentaries that aren't controlled by the tech industry.

First time hear. Who is behind c5?

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Pavidus lemmy.world Pavidus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#17 · Quote Reply

First time hear. Who is behind c5?

Andrew Callaghan from Channel 5/All Gas No Brakes.

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Pavidus lemmy.world Pavidus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#18 · Quote Reply

C5?

Channel 5 News has a new streaming service for anything that can't/doesn't want to be on the larger streaming services.

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Yerbouti sh.itjust.works Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-06-26
#19 · Quote Reply

Remind me, how many dystopic movies has a giant tech company ruling over the world has premise?

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ChunkMcHorkle lemmy.world ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
#20 · Quote Reply

Too bad that movie hadn't made it to torrents yet, that I know of. I have better things to do than watch a 4 hour movie about some random nazi asshole, but I'd like a copy of it anyway just to piss him off.

ITT: people doing the Lord's work. Blessings upon you all.

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Nouvellalia lemmy.world Nouvellalia@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-16
#21 · Quote Reply

That we need laws to make them poor again. Has that ever been how laws worked?

Not poor, but keeping them from pulling away from us so far, yes.

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MalReynolds piefed.social MalReynolds@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
#22 · Quote Reply

Streisand effect.

Already hate(and I don't hate much, problematic emotion) so IDGAF.

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WizardOfFrobozz lemmy.ca WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-28
#23 · Quote Reply

Too bad that movie hadn't made it to torrents yet, that I know of. I have better things to do than watch a 4 hour movie about some random nazi asshole, but I'd like a copy of it anyway just to piss him off.

Will seed if anyone can find a copy

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ElChinchilla lemmy.world ElChinchilla@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-14
#24 · Quote Reply

Streisand effect. Already hate(and I don't hate much, problematic emotion) so IDGAF.

"He's already pulled over, he can't pull over any further."

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ElChinchilla lemmy.world ElChinchilla@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-14
#25 · Quote Reply

Remind me, how many dystopic movies has a giant tech company ruling over the world has premise?

Certainly at least one, right?

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ElChinchilla lemmy.world ElChinchilla@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-14
#26 · Quote Reply

Or we could make a new rule that if you make a billion dollars you get a trophy that states, "Congratulations, you have won capitalism!" and then all money over a billion goes to the government. You can continue to make money for society if you wish and we will even keep score for you so you can have the bragging rights. But you don't get to keep anything you make over a billion.

Nah, t-shirt. Ethically harvested cotton. Plain ass shirt.

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ElChinchilla lemmy.world ElChinchilla@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-14
#27 · Quote Reply

Used to be taxed at 90 percent on the million after the first million in the 70s. Never would see billionaires. All that money went back to the people in some way.

gasps a library, what are you a socialist?!

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blazeknave lemmy.world blazeknave@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
#28 · Quote Reply

We've had a dozen different documentaries about Elizabeth Holmes. God only knows how many podcasts she's inspired. I just don't see the needle moving on public opinion towards insane, Silicon Valley lying shits. Incidentally, do you know who originally went hard for the Queen of Scam Diagnostics herself? Larry Ellison was a huge early adopter of Theranos. He's still hard up for her. Very real p...

The bone we get thrown is always a woman or POC. Martha Stewart, every dirty cop...

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kestrel7_7 lemmy.world kestrel7_7@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-31
#29 · Quote Reply

I think this is 50% due to suppression and 50% due to film goers thinking “wow, a 3+ hour movie about Musk sounds fucking miserable.” I know I did

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-13
#30 · Quote Reply

Used to be taxed at 90 percent on the million after the first million in the 70s. Never would see billionaires. All that money went back to the people in some way.

this. you don't need an absolute cap just an actual progressive tax that rises all the way to the top. Its a crime when the top tax tier was set barely into the six figures. then you got stupid doctors going republican because they pay to much taxes. you pay to much tax because there are no tiers above you. I thought you had to be smart to go to med school.

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chuckleslord lemmy.world chuckleslord@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
#31 · Quote Reply

Reminder to vote with your wallet

Looks out at all the monopoly and stock market fuckery going on

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