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I write. I take photos. I used to break software. Built stuff that broke stuff at Xipiter. Former VC-backed founder & NYU Professor. https://t.co/ccOjYkn6tI

Apr 6, 2023, 9 tweets

The French people have stormed the Blackrock HQ in Paris. so.... the media's cover-story is blown.

The French people seemed WAY more informed about world events than we do.

Here's some of my old notes on Blackrock/Blackstone
t.co/NM2nRRjDyn

Here is the "Blackrock" segment from Adam Curtis's 2016 BBC Documentary

Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock said:
"Markets like Totalitarian Governments"

Blackrock staffs much of the current administration.
(Brian Deese is out as of a week or two ago, but there are others)

July Update:

There seems to be a desperate attempt to rebrand the riots as a "police brutality" situation, away from the real reason: their President ignored citizens' votes (in lower parliamentary house) about how their tax-funded pension program would work.


Joe Rogan apparently commented on exactly this:

Linking two threads I forgot to link (oops):

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