Quite the indictment of our financial system that there's nearly $4 billion in capital tied up in a shell company that is going to merge with the money-losing social network run by the insurrectionist conman who keeps racking up hundreds of millions in court judgments against him.

(gift link)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/business/trump-media-digital-world-acquisition-cash.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk0.6qm7.k4vMS2dLR6_8&smid=url-share

Trump Media’s Impending Merger May Give Him a Financial Lifeline

The deadline for the former president to pay a $454 million civil fraud penalty coincides with the expected closing of a deal involving his social media platform, Truth Social.

The New York Times
@maxkennerly this is a classic money laundering gig.

@maxkennerly is there a single thing in our society that is working well, for the benefit of all?

i cannot think of a single thing.
our justice system, our media, our healhcare system, our financial systems, our state department, it's all been turned into a money making scheme or a tool that rich people can use or destroy to ruin people's lives

@rustoleumlove @maxkennerly The Establishment Clause didn’t quite anticipate money *becoming* the religion.
@rustoleumlove @maxkennerly
If I didn't know differently, I would think you were talking about the U.K. ! EVERYTHING is broken here.
@rustoleumlove @maxkennerly I consider our wonderful public libraries to be one of the last "free" places accessible to most people.
@ProgressiveRaymond @maxkennerly i agree, i think this may be the last bastion
@maxkennerly Thus will be the first time in history that one of these equity mergers benefits the acquires entity. They usually just suxk out all the assets and leave it floundering.

@maxkennerly

It’s $4 billion of meme stock investor money though.

@maxkennerly Da. Very concerning, comrade.
@maxkennerly
will this make it harder for him to declare bankruptcy to avoid paying?

@maxkennerly

$4 billion!!

It must be insanely profitable!
Oh, It's losing money

Then it must have huge sales like an early Amazon on an upward climb!
Hmmm , maybe $10 to $20 million annualized

Ah, it must be sitting on top of a massive asset base like prime real estate or a juicy patent portfolio!

Nope. Hardly any physical assets, a meager user base compared to every other social media company, off the shelf technology.

It's either a meme stock, a con, a bribe, or the end of common sense

@maxkennerly those commas should've been and/or's