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In reply to the discussion: Shout out to Eugene Robinson! [View all]erronis
(16,479 posts)14. And really just one to rule them all. Vanguard.
https://www.conservativebusinessjournal.com/2021/11/blackrock-and-vanguard-the-two-headed-thing-that-ate-america/
The top of this financial mountain shows almost everything is owned Vanguard and BlackRock. As Lew Rockwell points out, The power of these two companies is beyond your imagination. Not only do they own a large part of the stocks of nearly all big companies but also the stocks of the investors in those companies. This gives them a complete monopoly.
But reaching the top of this mountain only serves to make matters murkier. BlackRock is a publicly traded company which lists Vanguard as its principal shareholder. And who owns Vanguard? No one really knows since it is privately owned and is not obliged to make a public disclosure of its owners.
Vanguard and BlackRock represent the 1% of the 1% who have garnered 82% of the worlds wealth. The value of these companies is beyond calculation. A Bloomberg report states that the two companies by 2028 together will have investments in the amount of 20 trillion dollars.
At present, they own 1,600 American companies, including most of the firms that constitute the S & Ps Fortune 500. They also own Big Pharma, including the firms that provide the coronavirus vaccines.
But reaching the top of this mountain only serves to make matters murkier. BlackRock is a publicly traded company which lists Vanguard as its principal shareholder. And who owns Vanguard? No one really knows since it is privately owned and is not obliged to make a public disclosure of its owners.
Vanguard and BlackRock represent the 1% of the 1% who have garnered 82% of the worlds wealth. The value of these companies is beyond calculation. A Bloomberg report states that the two companies by 2028 together will have investments in the amount of 20 trillion dollars.
At present, they own 1,600 American companies, including most of the firms that constitute the S & Ps Fortune 500. They also own Big Pharma, including the firms that provide the coronavirus vaccines.
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Yes, I saw that bullshit from Woodward. Both sides did not try to overturn an election.
spanone
Mar 2022
#1
Really, they still can't explain to us why we would want to overturn an election that we won
Walleye
Mar 2022
#2
The only reason "both" sides contribute to the current state of political dysfunction
mnhtnbb
Mar 2022
#27
I know - it's weird. I included them because of WTF? There were many other refs.
erronis
Mar 2022
#49
well said. Woodward: Who are you?? That was pure BS and glad they called him out. Welcome!
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#30
Sold soul apparently. It was painful to watch. Of course he cited no examples. Shell of former self?
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#32
I never saw him so waffley and only concerned about bringing rhetoric down. Seemed odd and I am no
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#37
Reading Ginny Thomas texts to Meadows, it's damn clear what they wanted to do. Arrest them please.
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#33
She represents a lot of Q, Tea Baggers, and who knows what else. She needs to be cuffed and stuffed.
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2022
#50
Seriously! Nothing pisses me off more these days than the fucking BOTH SIDES argument
LymphocyteLover
Mar 2022
#34
I have found a few video clips from the show, but not the one where Eugene kicks Woodward's ass.
Elwood P Dowd
Mar 2022
#38