The fact that people can't tell whether it was a group of activist investors highlighting the unethical behaviour of UHC, or if it was a morally depraved shareholder body that actually wants the company to be more anti-consumer, is absolutely insane.
Is this the Late stage capitalism version of the Turing test?
Yep. Some progressives see a banker who's long been close to people in wealthy circles...
I see someone capable of using large amounts of money for good (a rare breed), and would strive to choose maximum benefit to society over maximum profit. These choices will hardly ever be clear, but for now, from his record, he has my trust and trust of Canadians writ large to do the best he can.
DeJoy was hard to beat in terms of who would be perfect to run counter to the USPS' mission. Never underestimate Trump and the Republican establishment's ability to find new corrupt cronies.
If they were actually interested in coaxing Canada to be part of America, they would be all over celebrating this library as a shared space, representing unity and brotherhood where lines of nationality don't matter.
But of course, this administration can't help themselves but go there and say, "we're going to annex you, teehee", which elicits the exact opposite effect.
A user who is the co-developer of the Lemmy software along with nutomic. They are also one of the admins of the lemmy.ml site. Lastly they are one of the lead developers of the the closest thing to a first-party Lemmy mobile app called Jerboa.
Carney employed the same approach he used in the English leaders' debate this past election.
Let his counterpart run their mouth off with all sorts of their usual bullshit and lies. Then chime in with a careful mix of making his opponents feel important and successful while also broadcasting the most important messages that need to be said.
And guess what? Everything Trump said today, people will forget by Thursday. In contrast, Carney embodies the Canadian model of strength: telling the most by saying the least.
You know that Carney spoke smartly when the news reports his words over Trump's, despite the fact Trump was blabbering for 90% of the time over his usual nonsense.
Ah, shit. Here we go again.
Sidenote: Welcome back, buddy.