Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
techhub.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A hub primarily for passionate technologists, but everyone is welcome

Administered by:

Server stats:

5.4K
active users

techhub.social: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.6

#billionaire

26 posts23 participants1 post today
Public
AccordionBruce

Accidental Czar
The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin,
Andrew S. Weiss,
Brian Box Brown
(Illustrator)

Infuriating great #comics bio of Russian KGB mid-level bureaucrat

Basically exactly the same as a #TechBro #Billionaire

Not the smartest young guy in the right place who made connections worked a bit and was absurdly lucky

Then a bigger asshole than those around him so he ended up taking over the world

🪗 cameo pg 47
Should be a bayan or garmoshka button #Accordion?

bookshop.org/p/books/accidenta

Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin, by Andrew S. Weiss, illustrated by Brian Box Brown. Book cover with illustration showing Vladimir Putin, sitting on a throne bare chested holding a shotgun.
Page 47 from Accidental Czar. Show various scenes of corruption in the former Soviet Union with varying figures Vladimir Putin knew from his young days in the 1980s. In the first scene they’re shown out drinking in the security services with an accordion playing in the background. In the second scene in the 2000s they are shown oligarchs owning military manufacturing plants.
Page 224 and 225 of Accidental Czar. Discussing Russian efforts to undermine American politics. The left-hand side shows green political candidate Jill Stein attending the 2015 Russia today birthday gala with Vladimir Putin and Mike Flynn. And states how Jill Stein‘s vote totals decided the 2016 election in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The right hand page suggest that these plans were not pre-ordained or controlled, but took advantage of the US‘s social vulnerabilities. Shows scenes of social media usage, political polarization people being lonely and angry online.
Replied in thread
Public *
Witty Dragon

@randahl
No wonder #Trump failed his businesses, he has no idea how anything works. If he didn't have his #billionaire mates pumping money into his account, he would be on the done by now.
He thinks all these #American companies make their products in the #US so he is "helping" them. In reality, most of them exploit third world countries, pay staff a dollar per day and charge exorbitant amounts of money for the privilege of using their brand names.

Everything will be more expensive in the US.

Public
Crow

As I peeled the paper envelope off the teabag, I realized I was giving more thought to whether to recycle it than any #billionaire does about jumping in his private jet for a quick jaunt.

Replied in thread
Public
Simon Brooke

@Wen he who pays the piper calls the tune.

The interests of the #billionaire #kleptocrat class are always, systematically and necessarily, radically opposed to those of the non-billionaires. Any election in which any political donations larger than could reasonably be afforded by the poorest voter are tolerated is by definition anti-democratic.

ExploreLive feeds
About