Except that the company wants another merger, not simply to exist. They wouldn’t go to jail, they just wouldn’t pad the pockets of certain execs and/or shareholders
Paramount being capitalist is a red herring. That would have been the case regardless of trump being corrupt. Settling the extortion payment had to happen for them to stop being harassed. The fact that they want to stop being harassed…so that they can continue doing the same capitalist bullshit they would have done regardless is irrelevant. It’s not the flip side of an extortion coin, it’s a completely separate unethical practice to try to confuse and divide criticism. This is step one in fostering a “both sides” argument.
Except that the company wants another merger, not simply to exist. They wouldn’t go to jail, they just wouldn’t pad the pockets of certain execs and/or shareholders
Paramount being capitalist is a red herring. That would have been the case regardless of trump being corrupt. Settling the extortion payment had to happen for them to stop being harassed. The fact that they want to stop being harassed…so that they can continue doing the same capitalist bullshit they would have done regardless is irrelevant. It’s not the flip side of an extortion coin, it’s a completely separate unethical practice to try to confuse and divide criticism. This is step one in fostering a “both sides” argument.
I guess I should’ve been more clear: Going to jail and earning less blood money are both extortion, but they’re not comparable