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[–]RightousBob 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Yet another shitty company to boycott, divest out of and publicly denounce!

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[–]SaidOverRed 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

That was ... eye-opening. I mean I knew most of the pieces, but still.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And that's just the surface if the ice-berg... I only included brands people would recognize, since there's only so many I can put before it just becomes an unreadable mess.

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    [–]SaidOverRed 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I mean, everyone with their head on straight realized that he sold out.

    If I was going to do that (and I'd seriously think about it), I'd just grab a 24/7 reality show where I read my mail and stuff. Then I'd just casually read the contract aloud and sign it. Disparagement clauses and all. That's the most obvious way I can think of to basically say "I'm selling out now" without being "disparaging"

    [–]FuriousPatriot 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    Why cant he make his own site?

    [–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    $100 million that he took from Spotify

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    [–]Vigte 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    I don't particularly like Mark Dice, but he plays the clip

    [–]adultmanhwa 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

    its okay to like Mark Dice

    [–]SaidOverRed 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    One of the few non-sellouts. And he is foookin' hilarious

    [–]Drewski 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Joe is the new mainstream media.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

    [–]adultmanhwa 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    or we can also say it owned by capitalists

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Same difference; Capitalism and Communism are mirror images of each other.

    [–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

    Any other proof apart from a random graphic?

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    It's hidden in the corner, LOL!

    Sources: bit.ly/sftcnw

    Some people have told me the link doesn't work, though, so here's the a copy-paste:

    Chris Morris, "10 iconic American companies owned by Chinese investors" CNBC. NBCUniversal, 11 May. 2017. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/10-iconic-american-companies-owned-by-chinese-investors.html Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.

    Shannon Liao, "Reddit gets a $150 million investment from Tencent and users are posting memes to mock the deal" The Verge. Vox Media, 11 Feb. 2019. https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/11/18216134/reddit-tencent-investment-deal-memes-amount-winnie-the-pooh-tank-man-china Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.

    Steven Messner, "Every game company that Tencent has invested in" PCGAMER. Future US, 9 Aug. 2020. https://www.pcgamer.com/every-game-company-that-tencent-has-invested-in/ Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.

    Supantha Mukherjee, Munsif Vengattil, "China's Tencent takes 12 percent stake in Snap as shares plunge" Reuters. Reuters, 8 Nov. 2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-snap-tencent-stake-idUSKBN1D81G3 Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.

    Tim Ingham, "Tencent, Set to Control 10% of Universal, Also Owns 9.1% of Spotify – but Daniel Ek Has the Final Say on Firm’s Stake" MusicBusiness Worldwide. Music Business Worldwide, 10 Feb. 2020. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tencent-set-to-control-10-of-universal-also-owns-9-1-of-spotify-but-daniel-ek-has-the-final-say-on-firms-stake/ Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.

    Trey Williams, "Tencent Acquires Roughly $240 Million Stake in Warner Music Group" MSN Entertainment. Microsoft, 12 Jun. 2020.https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/tencent-acquires-roughly-240-million-stake-in-warner-music-group/ar-BB15pcZZ Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.

    Zak Doffman, "Is TikTok Spying On You For China?" Forbes. Forbes Media, 25 Jul. 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/07/25/beware-tiktok-really-is-spying-on-you-new-security-report-update-trump-pompeo-china-warning/ Accessed 3 Sep. 2020.

    [–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Ah okay so 'invests in' means 'has complete editorial control over' - right, got it.

    LOL!

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I never said "complete editorial control", because the world ain't black-and-white — there's a gradient between total CCP control, and zero CCP control, and most American companies lie somewhere in the middle.

    Investing in companies do give you some sway over their operation — especially in the cases in which a majority is owned by a CCP company. In cases in which they have minority ownership: in some of these, they are the largest share-holder, while in others, they pretty much say, "do what we want, or we won't give you any more money."

    Even if they don't have any ownership in a company: the CCP can still control it; they control Hollywood by blocking films they don't like from being shown in their borders, and Communists have infiltrated many positions of power within American businesses and the government. Furthermore, many Capitalists have betrayed America and sold our Nation to the enemy out of greed.

    And don't get me started on our dependency on CCP goods... Nothing that can't be solved by a strong, Nationalist government, however.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Typical leftard tactics...either it misquotes you, re-words what you say, or re-interprets what you say, then pretends you actually said that, and attacks you for saying it! Or not saying it? Kinda hard to follow the leftist-libtard mentality at times, what with all the doublespeak, cognitive dissonance, ostrich syndrome, framing the debate, redefining words, historic revisioning, and similar commie claptrap.

    [–]Jesus-Christ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Spotify is garbage anyway.

    [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    I only use soundcloud anyway