Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new “king”

  • sudneo@lemm.ee
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    2 hours ago

    Actually I disagree on the latest part. I actually questioned, why google and Facebook had to go kiss the ring and pay some bucks to Trump, and didn’t have to do that before? This for me is a sign of a disalignment between big tech and the administration.

    That said, it’s very much possible (I would say likely) trump won’t do shit and he just happens to have the “correct” position on this particular issue because it can be used to attack the Californian elite (I.e. dem elite). But it’s a matter of fact that it’s auspicable he will follow up with action on his words on this, even if for the wrong reasons.

    • italics2@lemmy.world
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      43 minutes ago

      Nobody had to go kiss the ring they payed for his campaign because THEY WANTED to please him. Edit: Typo

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        15 minutes ago

        Yeah but why they wanted to please him? What’s the benefit for them? Why they wouldn’t want to please previous administrations? The other user mentioned that Trump is very transactional, and that sounds quite right too.

        Either way, look at Facebook, literally went through a shitstorm to align, that is a sign of weakness in my opinion.

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      1 hour ago

      Its more that trump is very transactional. He couldnt give to shit if corpations are fleecing people so as long he gets a peice. Its like businesses paying the mafia for “protection”.

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      2 hours ago

      That’s some interesting perspective, I hadn’t thought of it that way. With Trump it’s really hard to know what is coming until it happens, but it’s nice that some people see a silver lining.