I will never cease to by amused by the idea that Jones' fans value the InfoWars brand and website above Jones himself. He is a celebrity among his fans. Exactly 0 of them will pay any attention to InfoWars the minute Jones is no longer associated with the brand.
American's still very much buy into the super-villain complex regarding Russia drilled into them over the decades.
Yes, Putin does all kind of shit, but this ... please, the national security interest card from copyright holders has been an evergreen.
I love that this perspective completely misses the point in the light of GenAI, the greatest appropriation of all human creation by large american tech companies, destroying untold commercialisation.
Singapore has a great coat of paint over its economic system so westerners think it’s pure capitalism but that’s a mirage.
- The majority of locals work directly (PSD, Government, Education) or indirectly (Temasek / GIC owned entities like CapitalLand, Surbana, Singapore Airlines, the three local banks, etc.
- 80% of the property market is directly under government control (HDB), with 20% heavily regulated but “free”
I could go on, but Singapore works precisely because it’s not free for all capitalism but a tightly controlled economy that makes sure the country benefits
Well literally any change removes money from some to give it to others. Side effect may be that people are better off (see Ozempic) but oh boy are the people losing money going to muddle the water / for investors as well as to fight the change.
It’s not so different from mid 2000s BioWare culture (where many hits were created). Games looked like a shitshow right till the end and the general answer to these conceran was faith in “BioWare magic”.
Sure, different track record but still, this kind of mindset is the norm more often than not because of an industry where failure of the project also means loss on job - so there’s no incentive whatsoever for studio level people to flag in progress failure that may lead to a studio closing.
