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return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months ago

'Mark Cuban Is Wrong': Bernie Sanders Defends Lina Khan as 'Best FTC Chair in Modern History'

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'Mark Cuban Is Wrong': Bernie Sanders Defends Lina Khan as 'Best FTC Chair in Modern History'

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months ago
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'Mark Cuban Is Wrong': Bernie Sanders Defends Lina Khan as 'Best FTC Chair in Modern History' | Common Dreams
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"By taking on corporate greed and illegal monopolies, [the FTC chair] is doing an exceptional job preventing large corporations from ripping-off consumers and exploiting workers," said the U.S. Senator from Vermont.
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  • DickFiasco@lemm.ee
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    The fact that billionaires hate her tells me she’s doing a good job.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    Lina Khan is a fucking national treasure. Mark Cuban is a useless third-rate trash human who fell into some money from a dotcom bubble buyout over 20 years ago and has done nothing constructive for society with his life.

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      Yeah, what a shithead.

      https://costplusdrugs.com/

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        Still charges +15% to all the drugs

        • Gerudo@lemm.ee
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          Businesses are businesses. They make money. He’s at least undercutting every pharmacy in the US

        • shalafi@lemmy.world
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          And you have a problem with a company charging a measly 15% over cost?! Are you aware of the term “overhead”? Please, just don’t, you would go broke running a lemonade stand.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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          Ah, it’s relative!

          Apple charges more than that when a developer sells a 99 cent fart app (30% commission). Cost Plus Drugs’ competition is absolutely fleecing Americans with 4-figure markups sometimes. Would be beautiful if more companies went the thrifty transparent C.P.Drugs way!

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        You can do good and be a shit head. Hitler liked puppies and helped animals.

        • shalafi@lemmy.world
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          And was very anti smoking! But Cuban isn’t running 17-million people into ovens either.

        • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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          Are we really comparing Mark Cuban to Hitler? C’mon now…

          • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            I know it’s an extreme analogy but it gets my point across.

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              I’ve heard that expression very recently for the first time. I think from watching Hal Sparks.

        • Pistcow@lemm.ee
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          Helped people find jobs too.

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        Cuban is the best guy on Shark Tank. This is not a high bar, and isn’t worthy of unqualified praise.

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    Interesting interviews from both on Jon Stewart’s show:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayhRmnFlSkE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDTiWaYfcM

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    You come at Lina Khan, you come at me mother fucker. She is to be protected at all costs.

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      The only correct reply.

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    Bonus from AOC:

    “Let me make this clear,” Ocasio-Cortez declared Wednesday, “since billionaires have been trying to play footsie with the ticket: Anyone goes near Lina Khan and there will be an out and out brawl. And that is a promise. She proves this admin fights for working people. It would be terrible leadership to remove her.”

    This is probably going to be the first big canary for Kamala tho. If she listens to the billionaire donors and replaces Khan, the next 4 years are going to suck.

    She’s like the one bright spot from Biden’s admin, and it’s distressing that Khan isn’t being highlighted in Kamal’s campaign.

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      The Biden admin has done a lot of good during his term. It’s disingenuous to say Kamala is the one bright spot. Student loan forgiveness is another big one.

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        Kamala isn’t the bright spot of the Biden Admin, Lina Khan is.

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          Yep. And you know you’re on to something when both AOC and Sanders agree.

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    Common Dreams - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report)

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    MBFC: Left - Credibility: High - Factual Reporting: High - United States of America
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    https://www.commondreams.org/news/mark-cuban-bernie-sanders-lina-khan

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    The billionaires should be mad at the head of the ftc.

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