The Putin model is shortly to become the Trump model. Worse he is going to rebrand America as Trumplandia.
I is just historically conversation Daniel, but IIRC it all started under Reagan with the the Merger and Acquisition mania.
The business model shifted from production to financialization, and now it has shifted again. To a subscription based economy,, everything from software to TV.
There are a lot of services missing out on my money, because I will not subscribe, because it is a pain and near impossible to cancel. This includes Haaretz and substack, I've made an exception for Thom Hartmann and Robert Reich, I do have Dish because nothing else is available,not even over he air, and my wife signed up for Netflix. My ISP, my wife's Cell service,
I am still using Windows 7, and my Office 2007 is just fine But almost everything I have an interest in these days is subscription, with automatic renewal and I am just not that interested
A person couldn't pay their utility bill if they signed up for all of the streaming services, substacks and news services that interested them.
Then there is the charities, Yegads its $19 a month for this, $19 a month for that, there is no end to it, and politician and political parties are forever trying to get into your wallet, even after they lost an election or won it,it doesn' t stop.
I have a couple of favorite charities and I donate big to them, but they are one time donations, and they give me the option, if they didn't I would not donate at all.
What sours me on politicians and charities (I worked for the Red Cross) is that basically the donor is paying for the mortgages and lifestyle of well paid executives and employees. Politics is worse, you have armies of professionals, fund raisers, strategists, analysts, lobbyists, if they were all fired DC would be a ghost town, and you could drive in peace in NY.
The Putin model is shortly to become the Trump model. Worse he is going to rebrand America as Trumplandia.
I is just historically conversation Daniel, but IIRC it all started under Reagan with the the Merger and Acquisition mania.
The business model shifted from production to financialization, and now it has shifted again. To a subscription based economy,, everything from software to TV.
There are a lot of services missing out on my money, because I will not subscribe, because it is a pain and near impossible to cancel. This includes Haaretz and substack, I've made an exception for Thom Hartmann and Robert Reich, I do have Dish because nothing else is available,not even over he air, and my wife signed up for Netflix. My ISP, my wife's Cell service,
I am still using Windows 7, and my Office 2007 is just fine But almost everything I have an interest in these days is subscription, with automatic renewal and I am just not that interested
A person couldn't pay their utility bill if they signed up for all of the streaming services, substacks and news services that interested them.
Then there is the charities, Yegads its $19 a month for this, $19 a month for that, there is no end to it, and politician and political parties are forever trying to get into your wallet, even after they lost an election or won it,it doesn' t stop.
I have a couple of favorite charities and I donate big to them, but they are one time donations, and they give me the option, if they didn't I would not donate at all.
What sours me on politicians and charities (I worked for the Red Cross) is that basically the donor is paying for the mortgages and lifestyle of well paid executives and employees. Politics is worse, you have armies of professionals, fund raisers, strategists, analysts, lobbyists, if they were all fired DC would be a ghost town, and you could drive in peace in NY.