(Kissass, in case the reference fell flat)
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Well they all collectively chose a high risk, high reward and highly fascist regime over lower risk, lower reward one. So let them cower in terror of being struck down because the quality of their ass kisses were not adequate.
Back of that dudes throat is so bruised
He's literally the worlds richest cuck.
Just his gums
I don't think the Cheeto can hit the back of anyone's throat
I think this has to do more with the popular vote going to Trump than anything Trump did specifically. They all collectively shat on him or didn't interact with him from 2016 and all through Bidens presidency.
They saw that public opinions has shifted so badly that Trump swept everything and won the popular vote. Suddenly they are all his best friend.
They never cared. They just want to be in the "side" more people like. you're forgetting that money/power is what drives these people. They saw more money in power in bashing Trump or siding with the Democrats until the 2024 election happened. Now they feel they can get more money and power by siding with Trump.
So what? Either reason is bad.
"more people" is absolutely irrelevant because most of those people are zombies that don't do anything but consume.
True, but those people are great when all you care about is line going up. People who ask think critically and ask questions don't make line go up as fast.
"The first term, everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend."
They never cared
Well yeah, they're publicly traded companies. Once the owner gives up their controlling stake and/or steps away from leadership positions, so does any kind of moral basis for the company's decisions.
I've worked at private and public companies, and the owners of the private companies often made choices based on their personal moral code (i.e. we will/won't work with org X because of Y), whereas at public companies it's all about whatever makes sense strategically in the short to medium term, and sometimes long term.
If a publicly traded company seems to be your friend right now, that's because it's currently profitable for them to do so.
It's so Trump doesn't target them. He could effectively destroy their business.
I would be surprised if he didn’t out of retaliation.
AND decided to settle a lawsuit that Trump had no way to lawfully win for a $25 million "donation"
Ahh Zuckerberg, the Chechnyan Molly dealer.
Does all this sound like they're actually loving Trump or are there credible threat to their health from the Trump admin? They seemed to fall into line so smoothly and fast that it seems a bit weird.
Pretty sure Trump said he wanted Zuck executed
I suppose it's possible that if Trump felt that they weren't supporting him in the way he would like, he could introduce laws to make life difficult for them.
Although I suspect behind closed doors the investors don't really feel the need to start meetings off praising Trump (however much he may personally want to be he isn't Stalin), so in this case it might be actual fanaticism.
Does all this sound like they’re actually loving Trump or are there credible threat to their health from the Trump admin?
Credibly threats to their revenue streams, more like. You don't climb the ladder to billionaire-hood without kissing a few assess and sucking a lot of dick.
Neither. Trump is a narcissist, so they're trying to get on his good side to get favors down the road.
After his first Presidency, Trump threatened to throw Zuck in prison, more than once.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-sucks-trump-threatened-190856588.html?guccounter=1
Exactly. What changed? Why does Zuck now takes it seriously?
Quick then Zuck, ban radical ideas like Open Source even harder from Facebook if you want to stay on Don's good side.
They want to get on the money train, capitalists have no issue with embracing fascism
The thing is, most billionaires are sociopaths. You don't get there without being able to treat people like cattle, and consider yourself far, far, far above everyone else.
They're all late game capitalist oligarchs, which almost always trends towards fascism in the end. It's no surprise, it's been happening for a while now, we're just the biggest country to fall under this spell.
They don't have any morals or ethics, they only have one purpose: Make more money at any expense to build their dragon hoard further.
They'll praise trump and suck his dick if it doubles their earnings. That's all they ever cared about. And trump will absolutely do them favors if they kiss his ass. It's one of the things he was impeached for already.
They think they're going to make a lot of money through mergers, acquisitions, and monopolization. All they need to do is suck a little dick publicly
I, for one, welcome our new Overlord.
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