159
Bribe. The word the editor was looking for here is “bribe“.
No that's that awful disgusting thing that happens in those "shithole" countries. Not in our darling west!
18 U.S.C. § 201
Basically, any tech bro that doesn't present the whiney baby with a million dollar voluntary donation is likely to be punished by the regime.
From the tech bros perspective giving such a token amount is a no-brainer regardless of personal beliefs... and it's an extremely worrying precedent to set.
I think you give them too much credit.
From my time living in the US, I got the impression that local oligarchs' personal beliefs are largely aligned with Trump (enabling corruption, oligarch capture of governance, avoiding responsibility for their actions).
However, one relatively unique thing that I noticed about US oligarchs is they tend to be very sensitive about PR and don't like to get their hands dirty (in context of their internal worldview).
They align with Trump in terms of goals, but some may not like his style and presentation.
I would even argue that some US oligarchs may even see Trump's approach as a "low probability, high impact" risk in that he may undermine faith in their rule.
I agree. I think the PR helps with the illusion that they arent oligarchs, but just savvy businessmen. Just lucky americans. One of us. That's how you get poor people praising and defending them. Don't have to worry about uprising or guillotines when you got half the people on your side.
"Kiss the ring, bitch"
Surprised he still wants to be known as Donald, and not "The Don".
From any business perspective it’s the smart move.
Just like keeping slaves was too.
Kissing the ring...
They're not going to forget you're queer forever just because you're rich, Tim.
The frothing troglodyte Trump fanatics may care about stuff like that, but the ruling class don’t break ranks over petty stuff like that. Culture war nonsense is to keep the plebs divided and pliable.
Tim might care about that himself when he's put in a conversion camp.
I don't think you understood the comment you're replying to.
He's saying none of the elite gives two shits about gays or lgbtq. They're distraction tactics to divide the lower classes and keep them fighting.
Well then I've said this before- bigots are of every class and if the elites never said one single thing about queer people again, they would still be oppressed, attacked and murdered by poor people who are also bigots.
Bigotry existed long, long, long before capitalism, so one has nothing to do with the other.
In your melodramatic fantasy, the government would be the ones putting people in “conversion camps” and post-Luigi demonstrated very clearly that the ruling elite are not allowed to be seen as subject to the same reality as the rest of us. Tim Cook won’t end up anywhere and if he does, I’ll eat my hat. Screenshot this post.
In my "melodramatic fantasy," queer people are already being treated like that without Trump being in charge. And you think it will get better?
Apple can always get another CEO.
Class war
Eat a Tim Apple.
Can we stop dead naming Tim Apple like this?
Linus Torvalds does not kiss the ring.
I wonder what Trump needs the money for at his inauguration. Maybe the claqueurs and extras he needs to hire to finally show off an inauguration that has more than a quarter of the seats filled...
It’s called hedging your bets.
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
159 points (97.0% liked)
News
35714 readers
633 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS