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Comment Re:Good luck getting somewhere with that (Score 1) 230

So many people keep forgetting that it is US who put those companies in their current luxurious positions.
WE gave them our private data, because WE refuse to pay for anything on the internet.
And it is all of US who have been wanting to believe that the latest high-tech services can be free of charge.

Now, people are angry with those companies, but that is only because it is so human to place the blame outside of yourself.

Comment Re:News value? (Score 1) 144

That last addition was unnecessary.

However you are right, they don't have those billions readily available. Still, it is possible for them to keep control of their companies and transform a good part of that paper wealth into cash.
Giving away a majority of that cash would be a great win for humanity. After all, those people on the Bloomberg list did not earn that money single-handedly, they need many people to do it for them.

Comment Re: old tricks don't work on it (Score 3, Insightful) 433

If you had worked as a detective with the NYC police department for 30 years and never seen a murder, surely that would mean more than 'shit'.

So, someone who has worked as an election official for a long time and not witnessed fraud first-hand, at least tells us that it is not very common.

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