• Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip
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    In 2022, we ran an ad featuring a teacher from Bethel Park High School, in which several unpaid students briefly appeared in the background, including Thomas Matthew Crooks,

    BlackRock, which oversees an estimated $9.1 trillion in assets

    I’m more upset that such a rich company is profiting off unpaid teens.

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      1 month ago

      I’m not sharing to perpetuate theories. Genuinely thought this was a “WTF”

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    My dumb funny theory is that blackrock is so keen on cutting costs that it uses his sleeper agents in ads to save costs of hiring actors.

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    This just seems like a great way to Streisand Effect the whole thing.

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      I wondered why they even bothered pulling it down too.