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   John-Mark Gurney (encthenet@flyovercountry.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Sep-2025 02:21:26 JST John-Mark Gurney

   When you're more worried about short term stock prices than the long term reputation.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Sep-2025 02:21:25 JST feld

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     @encthenet this is the true cause of the erosion of the American dream. They've all sold our future for extravagant wealth today.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Sep-2025 02:24:24 JST feld

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     @encthenet also I think it's a little more complicated than people realize.
     
     If Disney/ABC doesn't pull Kimmel and Trump does wield his power to revoke licenses, the financial harm could lead to a shareholder lawsuit because Disney/ABC could have avoided it.
     
     But by Disney/ABC pulling Kimmel, they've caused a consumer revolt that is causing financial harm and also can lead to a shareholder lawsuit.
     
     They're screwed either way, but they had the choice to stand up for their consumers and didn't. The brand damage calculation was so far off the entire thing has backfired against them I think.
     
     As it turns out, being a public company in an era of rising fascism is a huge risk. Private companies don't have this problem.
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     John-Mark Gurney (encthenet@flyovercountry.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Sep-2025 02:24:25 JST John-Mark Gurney

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     Looks like quote posts don't work on my server yet.

     Previous post was in reference to:
     https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/115239655698292352

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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Sep-2025 09:51:39 JST Blurry Moon

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     @feld @encthenet yuo can be a private company that relies on public largesse if yuo're in a regulated field like telecom
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Sep-2025 11:01:56 JST feld

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     @sun @encthenet that is true but you don't have to consider maximizing shareholder value in every decision you make when you're private
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