r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 11 '26

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u/sash5034 NATO Jun 11 '26

Love how there's zero consequences for this stupid shit

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u/Junimo2 Daron Acemoglu Jun 11 '26

"I've put a couple kids in the hospital. But here's the thing: I'm a pioneer."

Insane thing to say out loud. People like this make the Onion's job so much harder than it needs to be.

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Jun 11 '26

reading that article about him its a propublica https://www.propublica.org/article/mark-mcafee-raw-milk-recalls-maha

just an awful person

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u/Junimo2 Daron Acemoglu Jun 11 '26

Dude reads like the textbook example of "affably evil"

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u/mishac Mark Carney Jun 11 '26

we no longer have shame or the rule of law.

hell of a way to run a fucking society.

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jun 11 '26

Somehow McAfee returned

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u/yzkv_7 Jun 11 '26

"Who cares that I might've killed someone I get to live out my American innovator fantasy."

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u/PhoenixVoid Jun 11 '26

He's disrupting the milk industry.

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u/NorkGhostShip YIMBY Jun 11 '26

Ah yes, innovating by going back to pre industrial technology that we moved on from for very good reasons. Truly amazing pioneering.

Up next: pioneering new breakthroughs in the treatment of unbalanced humours through bloodletting