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Actually. You can.

Money isn't an excuse to do whatever you want



The incentive for a corporation leans heavily into making deals worth billions of dollars, which is also happening here.

A change of status quo in this case, will require massive loss of Disney+ subscriptions, which is not that probable.


> The incentive for a corporation leans heavily

That's why you can blame them, because billions of private dollars should not outweigh maintaining a stable democracy and civil society for all. "Just following market incentives to maximize shareholder value" is 2025's "just following orders".


Dont forget those private prisons need customers.




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