"Congratulations. You didn't elect a president. You hired a liquidator."

[Miles Archer]

— Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. (@drharmony.net) 2026-04-10T03:26:44.828Z

[rampartd]

1. hostile takeover by private equity describes the situation.

[Clouds Passing]

4. Private equity needs to become illegal.

[rampartd]

8. Regulated at least

certainly not given the key to the vault an d a get out of jail free card.

[UpInArms]

2. Chainsaw Al comes to mind

Albert J. Dunlap

Albert John Dunlap (July 26, 1937 – January 25, 2019) was an American corporate executive.[2][3] He was known at the peak of his career as a professional turnaround management specialist and downsizer. The mass layoffs at his companies earned him the nicknames "Chainsaw Al"[4] and "Rambo in Pinstripes", after he posed for a photo wearing an ammo belt across his chest.[5]

It was later discovered that his reputed turnarounds were elaborate frauds and his career was ended after he engineered a massive accounting scandal at Sunbeam Products, now a division of Newell Brands, that forced the company into bankruptcy.[6]

Dunlap is on the lists of "Worst CEOs of All Time" published by several business publications.[7][8] Fast Company noted that Dunlap "might score impressively on the Corporate Psychopathy checklist"[9][10] and in an interview, Dunlap freely admitted to possessing many of the traits of a psychopath, but considered them positive traits such as leadership and decisiveness.[11][12] He was a major benefactor of Florida State University.[13]

[Midnight Writer]

5. Chainsaw Al is a hero to the business titans of today.

The richest people in America have modeled their businesses after Chainsaw Al's methods.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. kick

[orangecrush]

6. K&R

[yorkster]

7. The "Bane"Capital of presidents..

and that's just for starters, of course.

[blue-wave]

10. It's called Vulture Capitalism

Its' popularity started in the 80's.

[King_Klonopin]

11. It's particularly disgusting and evil when they do it to hospitals...

Case in point: Stewart Health Care. There will be others.
Our nation worships money and the wealthy. That's why the orange satan is our president.

[Wicked Blue]

13. and to nursing homes

[flamingdem]

12. Selling off the National Parks too

Grotesque

[Exp]

14. It's also known as "privatizing the profit while socializing the cost." nt

[Bo Zarts]

15. US Forest Service?

Fight your own fucking wildland fires.