Luxury brands

Jeffrey Tucker did the best job of all in tracing the history and motives of the “virus” bioterror holocaust. But his Libertarian tendencies are still getting in the way, as he peculiarly wants to protect Apple from the antitrusters:

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Beyond that, there is a darker agenda here. It’s about bringing new media into the government propaganda fold, exactly as Psaki threatened. Apple is a main distributor of podcasts in the country and world, just behind Spotify (which is foreign controlled). There are 120 million podcast listeners in the US, far more than pay attention to regime media in total.

If the ambition is to control the public mind, something must be done to get those under control. It’s not enough just to nationalize Facebook and Google. If the purpose is to end free speech as we know it, they have to go after podcasting too, using every tool that is available.

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Of course “free speech” doesn’t exist. It’s a Machiavellian distraction along with all “rights” and “meritocracy”.

Governments always try to control everything. The current agencies are cracking down on all tech tyrant mergers, not singling out Apple.

Mergers ALWAYS destroy real business and real jobs.

THAT’S THE ENTIRE SOLE EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF MERGERS.

The current agencies are using their power to protect real business, which is a GOOD use of government power.

Why does Jeffrey want to protect Apple but not the others? Here’s where the Libertarian instinct takes over. Apple is a luxury brand, while Google is neutral and Facebook is probably more plebeian, with intense coverage in many poor countries of Africa and South America. Apple products are priced far beyond the competitive margin, in order to filter out the Deplorables and Darkies.

Back in the ’90s, Rush made a big point of favoring and endorsing Apple over IBM, along with favoring cellphones, which were not universal at that time. He gave first priority to cellphone callers over landline callers, EXPLICITLY because cell users were more likely to be rich influencers. Rush was trying to be a luxury brand, appealing to the same luxury-minded Big Donors who funded Apple.