- cross-posted to:
- classicblogposts@lemm.ee
- books@kbin.social
- cross-posted to:
- classicblogposts@lemm.ee
- books@kbin.social
Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry
Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry
Let’s call out the particular global investment vampire in this story, KKR - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, because it’s the Count Dracula of hedge funds, and also the company that killed Toys ‘R’ Us:
…and now it’s come for your local library.
https://www.kkr.com/our-firm/team
Remember these massive corporations have human faces at the top level. They’re not just some non-corporeal concept.
It never hurts to be informed about these people, such as one of the founders George R. Roberts:
https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/george-r-roberts-house/view/google/
Is it just me, or do all of those faces look AI-generated?
Guillotines, when?
They’re definitely among the worst of the worst. It’s always surprised me how comparatively sterile their wiki page is. Feels like they’ve got someone cleaning it up.
I wouldn’t be surprised - they have plenty of money to pay someone to keep that page clean.
I also found out after this post that they’re in the active process of acquiring Simon and Schuster. Cory Doctorow (aka @pluralistic) has a great writeup on them here.