@aeva yeah, because #Valve in their #spinelessness decided to give in on #blackmail and let a quadropol of payment networks terrorize not just them!

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MLB Misplaces Its Spine & Alters Language To Its Diversity Programs

Were it not so obviously the product of something nefarious, it would be entertaining to watch how private companies react to the Trump administration’s declaration of the end of all things D…

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@tazgetroete er könnte was dagegen machen, nur verweigert er sich den notwendigen Schritten!

#USpol #Biden #AmericanOligarchy #Billinaires #Democracy #Spinelessness

I respect conservatives more than liberals. Conservatives are genuine and have a spine. They have strong beliefs and believe in something that they think is better for the world. I do not agree with many things conservatives believe in but I can respect them.

#conservatives
#conservative
#liberal
#liberalshelpfascists
#liberals
#spineless
#spinelessness

“This is #cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave #democracy as a casualty. Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post’s owner, #JeffBezos (& other media owners),” former Post executive editor #MartyBaron, who led the paper while #Trump was president, said in a text message to The Post. “History will mark a disturbing chapter of #spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.”

#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #WashingtonPost #WaPo

“This is #cowardice, w/ #democracy as its casualty,” #MartyBaron said in a post…. He added that #Trump would see it as an invitation to continue to try to intimidate #JeffBezos. “Disturbing #spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.”

#WaPo’s move follows unfurling tumult at The #LATimes, where the head of the editorial board & 2 of its writers have resigned this week to protest the decision by the owner, the #billionaire #PatrickSoonShiong, to block a planned presidential #endorsement.

#Hypocrisy, #Spinelessness, and the Triumph of #DonaldTrump. He said #Republican #politicians would be easy to break. The message was clear: “That Republican Party, frankly, no longer exists,” Donald Trump Jr. gloated on #Newsmax the day of the RNC staff purges. “The moves that happened today—that’s the final blow. People have to understand that … the #MAGA movement is the new Republican Party.” https://archive.is/CYwQC#selection-1469.0-1469.278

#Hypocrisy, #Spinelessness, & the Triumph of Donald Trump
He said #Republican politicians would be easy to break. He was right.
By Mark Leibovich

“In the summer of 2015, back when he was still talking to traitorous reporters like me, I spent extended stretches w/ #Trump. He was in the early phase of his 1st campaign for president, though he had quickly made himself the inescapable figure of that race—as he would in pretty much every Republican contest since.
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Hypocrisy, Spinelessness, and the Triumph of Donald Trump

He said Republican politicians would be easy to break. He was right.

The Atlantic

Topic: #Greed #Power #Recklessness #Ignorance #Opportunism #Spinelessness 5/5

Conclusion and bright outlook:
A large network of countless small, self-sufficient villages without hierarchy and any monetary constraints would have the best chance of survival in the currently accelerating catastrophy.

And by the way, setting up such a network worldwide would also cost the least of all future scenarios.
(Apart from the loss of billions in profits for a handful of profiteers.)

Topic: #Greed #Power #Recklessness #Ignorance #Opportunism #Spinelessness 4/5

The ever-growing number of individuals on a restricted place means fewer opportunities to retreat which induces increasing stress. Antisocial individuals have a short-term survival advantage in such an environment. These defective individuals therefore multiply and literally kill off each other and anyone in reach fairly quickly.