In reply to The Orange Theme.

Sadly the fact that he wasn't beaten to a pulp confirms that their feeling is right.
At least for now.

In reply to MegatronicThronBanks.

Hostages are the traditional answer.  And by 'traditional' I mean 'mediaeval'.  You want to ensure that they don't mess with you on your visit, so you require a sufficiently-senior (I was going to say 'sufficiently noble' but, well, no) person to spend some time in a well-appointed prison you control.

In reply to Kevin Shmuck.

Fortunately, official pins are still being sold through the Mule Books store, which is where I got mine.

They were originally sold through Ruined by Design, but I'm not even sure how active that website even is anymore? They certainly haven't restocked the pins.

In reply to CSL3.

What a neat pin. I'd love to buy one, where did you get it?

In reply to Marko Schulz.

Have to admit I've given that some thought and not arrived at any hard and fast answers!

If enough cash was involved, I'd say "I don't want to see any Customs people. At all. I just want to get off the plane, go through a gate in the fence, and get in a waiting Uber. Same when I leave.":

Is it just me or does Benioff always look like he's doing bad cosplay of Brando in The Godfather? Like he said, "I got the slicked-back hair and the waistline; the rest just falls into place. Nailed it!"

To be a billionaire is to watch the Star Wars films and feel that Palpatine got a bad rap. Just look at Bezos-pal Oprah, who's been condescending to Black people with her "bootstraps" bullshit for over 30 years. It's no wonder she got her BFF Gayle King onto the Bezos space trip, nor that King is the one veteran CBS anchor who is staunchly defending their new MAGAsshole boss.

jwz mentioned on Mastodon how he expects Taylor Swift to be caught in a scandal eventually, and I don't blame him. I'm thoroughly convinced Oprah's got actual bodies buried somewhere, and Jay-Z just narrowly skirted out of any connection to Puffy's worst crimes. This is the guy who spends most of "Moment of Clarity" bragging about how he dumbed-down his music just to get richer and that other Black people should love him for being richer than them; the guy who think people are using the word "capitalist" as a racial slur to personally attack him.

Yeah... billionaires suck. Yet, the mere possibility of trillionaires is even worse.

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Two things:

Was it a joke? I'm beginning to wonder.

It reminds me of a speech to shareholders by Gerald Ratner, the head of a UK jewelry chain. He literally said that they were making money by selling "crap" to his customers.

This was widely reported and it destroyed the business which bore his name.

I’d have gone straight to the airport. Fuck him and his job.

In reply to The Orange Theme.

They do.  Which confirms what we already know: they're really stupid people.  Because I expect most of them are going to end up with their heads on spikes.

In reply to MegatronicThronBanks.

What guarantees would be good enough for you that you trust them? In my current situation I cannot think of any.

In reply to The Orange Theme.

No jury would convict. Which should be educational for the survivors.

Right now I'd refuse to go to the US, and resign if I had to, unless a lot of guarantees were made.

Surely he'll appreciate a comedy guillotine for billionaires.

JFC

Let me explain the joke. You see, Benioff is a white privileged male billionaire, and no one else is, so it’s funny. 🙄

Beyond a certain level of wealth, you have everything money can buy, so you can only get your kicks by jerking people around.

(Quote post) This goddam loser. Have you seen his giant penis skyscraper in the sky? Pathetic. Too bad we've put years into a database with this atrocious clown's company. But we only use it on a limited basis. Anyone on the fediverse know a good alternative?

#SalesForce

jwz:

Periodic reminder that "good billionaire" Marc Benioff is still a massive piece of shit.

In his keynote, Benioff thanked international Salesforce employees for traveling to the United States for the meeting, and asked them to stand. Benioff then said...
https://jwz.org/b/yk3N

Just the absolute worst, glad for the people pushing back internally

https://www.wired.com/story/letter-salesforce-employees-sent-after-marc-benioffs-ice-comments/

(Quote post) ACAB = all cops are bastards

ABAC = all billionaires are criminals

jwz:

Periodic reminder that "good billionaire" Marc Benioff is still a massive piece of shit.

In his keynote, Benioff thanked international Salesforce employees for traveling to the United States for the meeting, and asked them to stand. Benioff then said...
https://jwz.org/b/yk3N

Benioff, the guy who said "bring the national guard to San Francisco?" Then backtracked? The guy who laid off 1,000 people cuz "AI"? Big surprise he's now making jokes about using the feds to deport his staff. This dude hasn't been a good-guy billionaire for a long time.

There are no “good billionaires”, it’s impossible. If you have enough money to solve poverty, and choose not to, you are a bad person.

Good billionaire is an oxymoron.

Milliardär lockt eigene Angestellte in die USA zu kommen, damit er sie der ICE ausliefern kann und hält das für einen guten Scherz. In Deutschland ist der Konzern #Salesforce mit eigenen Trucks bei den großen CSDs dabei. Mal sehen, wie das dieses Jahr so ankommt.

Wouldn't it be funny if you were my underlings? How crazy it would be if you were so financially dependent and so underneath me I could have you disappeared at a moments notice and laugh in your face about living in a police state? haha that would be so bad... ... unless...?

Jegus fuck.

You can tell the capital class feels untouchable when that entire room could've beaten him to a pulp if they so chose and yet he still said it anyway.