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shkkmo on Feb 16, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety s...

So you think a debt purchase is blindongly obvious example of bribery? Then it should be easy to explain how it is bribery.

immibis on Feb 16, 2025 [–]

You comply, we buy your asset for 5x its value. You don't comply, we don't. Simple.

shkkmo on Feb 17, 2025 | [–]

The debt was the bank's asset, not Musk's or Trump's. That isn't an explanation.

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