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Softbank& #39;s investments - Uber, Doordash, Wework, etc - are cons. They launder Saudi oil billions with "businesses" that lose titanic amount of money for many years, while also preying on real businesses and their own workforce.
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Then, Softbank exits with an IPO that offloads the money-losing company on suckers who think its longevity means there must be a "path to profitability." Softbank cleans up, but workers& #39; lives and real businesses are destroyed, and the suckers get cleaned out.
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A little microcosm of this is yesterday& #39;s viral tale of a pizzeria that found itself on the receiving end of a bungled short-con by Doordash and turned the tables on the company. It& #39;s a petty revenge, but so satisfying.
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After all, when you& #39;re up against a bottomless well of Saudi oil-billions, there& #39;s precious few ways to score even a petty victory.
Enter coronavirus.
Softbank just posted a $17.7B loss on Wework and Uber.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-18/softbank-vision-fund-books-17-7-billion-loss-on-wework-uber
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Enter coronavirus.
Softbank just posted a $17.7B loss on Wework and Uber.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-18/softbank-vision-fund-books-17-7-billion-loss-on-wework-uber
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If there& #39;s one thing Trumpism has taught us about sociopathic con-artists, it& #39;s that their greatest boasts mask their deepest terrors. And Softbank is no exception.
Yesterday& #39;s Softbank earnings call was HILARIOUS.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-18/the-unicorns-fell-into-a-ditch
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Yesterday& #39;s Softbank earnings call was HILARIOUS.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-18/the-unicorns-fell-into-a-ditch
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Softbank presented investors and analysts with a slidedeck that showed their "unicorns" (companies with >$1B valuation, though often that valuation is based entirely on Softbank& #39;s bald-faced, con-artist& #39;s assertion) tumbling into the "valley of coronavirus."
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Oh no, you might think, those poor unicorns are stuck in a ditch!
But fear not! According to Softbank, those unicorns are merely a larval stage, and they will pivot to becoming pegasi, sprouting wings and flying away!
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Much.
Winning.
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But fear not! According to Softbank, those unicorns are merely a larval stage, and they will pivot to becoming pegasi, sprouting wings and flying away!
So.
Much.
Winning.
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