Media consolidation and antitrust

Frisella recounts earning little in his first decade in business while working other jobs, arguing mid-level entrepreneurs are wrongly blamed by the left.

“i made 58 grand my first 10 years combined you know i had to work three other jobs”

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Frisella argues a properly functioning government would break up Meta, Amazon and the Paramount media merger.

“Companies like Meta and companies like this media merger and these other companies would be shattered up into many different companies”

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Frisella worries that a small group of billionaires controls the flow of information.

“I don't like the idea of one person having, you know, we've gotten to this point now where we have a small group of people that control the flow of information”

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DJ fears billionaire media consolidation involving Musk will strengthen communist arguments.

“I feel like this is nothing but fucking fuel for the communist arguments”

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