Why Tech Companies Are Joining the GOP-Oil Alliance
The big bet on artificial intelligence has turned tech billionaires from vocal climate advocates into Trump toadies.
Because they're all run by narcissists and psychopaths, because capitalism directly rewards narcissists and criminals...
The main attraction of fascism is that it helps assholes to feel good about themselves.
"Money"
I read the article, because I've been trying to do better about not skimming headlines, and it's money.
An interesting thing they said, though, has me a little frustrated, because they left out vital context.
Time magazine, co-owned by Benioff and his wife, crowned Trump Person of the Year for 2024.
Hitler was Person of the Year, too. It's not about popularity, it's about global effect and influence, and it's no secret that most of the world has decided they want in on his brand of corporate-led fascism.
may every fascist be able to afford a rope.
Because they never had morale but are high on greed.
The have all the morale, non of the morals.
Because capitalism and fascism are different aspects of the exact same system.
Well, no, they are kinda independent of each other, it's just that both are hierarchical social structures so fascists have a really easy way of using capitalism to get power and capitalists don't care about much else but hoarding wealth and fascists need the wealth to control the country, so it's a nice symbiotic relationship.
Though you could argue that unfettered capitalism always leads to fascism, which is not wrong.
Because their owners are becoming the new and improved oil barons and want to be included in their cool boys club ?
Because they can and they enjoy making you mad. On serious note, corporations follow the government. They follow trends set by totalitarianism. Where do you think DEI and ESG come from? They're from the government.
This is a very uninformed take. Giant corporations don't "enjoy" making people mad any more than they enjoy making a product or offering a service. It's about money, and the fact of the matter is, fascism makes a very small few very wealthy behind a facade of populism.
Also, companies didn't follow "Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion" or "Environmental, Social and Governance" policies because they enjoyed it. They didn't do it, because they enjoyed making misogynists, racists, and climate denialists mad. They did it because they would have faced punishment from the judiciary if they didn't comply. Those kinds of initiatives aren't profitable.
Now that the guardrails are gone and the wheels are off, they can profiteer and discriminate and otherwise abuse the rest of us with virtual impunity—all to "make the line go up."
Imagine believing that the barest scraps of equality and sustainability are "totalitarianism".
