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minus-squareglitchdx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agowhen you’re a corporation with billions of dollars and US politicians cost millions on the high end, you can choose to do whatever you want.
minus-squarekaidezee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoIt is still an unnecessary risk for them.
minus-squareglitchdx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agotrue, but let’s not pretend that they were without agency in this decision and in decisions leading up to the current context.
minus-squarekava@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoWhen the big tech guys showed up to the inauguration and sat in the front row to pay tribute it was such a clear example of how capital always yields to authoritarians.
Microsoft literally had no choice.
when you’re a corporation with billions of dollars and US politicians cost millions on the high end, you can choose to do whatever you want.
It is still an unnecessary risk for them.
true, but let’s not pretend that they were without agency in this decision and in decisions leading up to the current context.
When the big tech guys showed up to the inauguration and sat in the front row to pay tribute it was such a clear example of how capital always yields to authoritarians.
a display of their choices.