Houston, we have a #LogicalFallacy!

“#Albertsons and #Kroger officials have said the $25 billion deal will help them better #compete with large companies like #Walmart and #Amazon, and will help boost access to fresh foods, along with other benefits.”

#CircularReasoning occurs when the proposition is supported by the premise.

Thus, to paraphrase the Kroger lawyers:

“We need to kill the #competition to better compete with our competitors who have already #killed the competition.”

#BigLaw being #BigStupid.
https://boisedev.com/news/2023/04/18/kroger-albertsons-consumer/

Talking to a colleague at about 5 pm today in the kitchen on our floor. She was eating a late lunch over the sink. “Lupper”. She hadn’t ever heard that word before, and we laughed and laughed. And then we went right back to work. #BigLaw #LawFirmLife

The problem is they're so far up in their towers they seldom get close enough to hardship to care. #BigLaw are the handmaidens to elite sociopathy.

@jcrabapple That the ultra-rich are less intelligent than those they pay is obvious. Slimy #BigLaw #attorneys and #accountants do all their thinking for them.

@iain @revolt3d Not even going to try to defend the distrust in Lawyers. Honestly, in my experience, it's deserved. #BigLaw is basically lapdogs for sociopaths. Not as bad among smaller firms. But even then, I've often said there are two types of lawyers:
"Those who become lawyers to make money. And, those who become lawyers to help people. Make sure you know the difference."
See one sporting an "Esq." you can pretty much guarantee practicing law is about "them," not you. Avoid them.

But to answer your question, and to be fair, the "big tent" would have to include both sides. And if it does, that good, so long as they agree to the rules, and the rules are a fair representation of what it means to do good journalism.

It's the billionaires owning them that's the problem. Thus, all we get is billionaire friendly propaganda. There are plenty on the right too who have a problem with the concentrated wealth in this country. Indeed, liberals are worse in many cases than conservatives.

@NationalWorld The thing is: there are precisely zero ppl lobbying for this #InsideTheBeltway, while there are hundreds of #BigLaw partners lobbying for this lower rate or that way of calculating depreciation or EV credits.

RT @JJLibling
As a #BigLaw survivor, I understand the myths and mystique built up around "hardcore" working.

They're all bullshit. 🧵