• Manalith@midwest.social
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    2 days ago

    Well now the conspiracy theorist part of me is wondering if they didn’t gut a bunch of health related federal departments specifically for Thiel to swoop in and explain how he can make it all better for businesses that relied on those departments.

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      Businesses never relied on them, though. They hate them. That’s why deregulation is always such a big pitch from Republicans.

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    2 days ago

    I was certain this was the onion from the headline, but this is actually exactly the sort of use case I imagine for this type of technology.

  • AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Well, they sucked before and now they suck more. I can’t really spend less money on them, but I suppose I can campaign amongst friends to walk away.