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I’m so done with American tech.
Disgusting bribes, that’s all this is.
I heard the name will be the Epstein ballroom. At least that’s what people are saying.
You can call it bribes, I call it paying tribute to the king.
The guys know what is going on, they know that their companies futures are in the hands of a vindictive extreme narcissistic idiot of a king. They know that to be left alone they need to pay tribute to the king.
Is it a bribe or a protection racket? Yes, it is.
I guess, but what other protection are they paying behind the scenes?
They know that to be left alone they need to pay tribute to the king.
You make it sound like they don't absolutely love this. Kissing his ass and personal donations are a whole lot cheaper than hiring lawyers to fight taxes or being held accountable for their shitfuckery.
I don't believe they do like the current regime, why would they?
The government is demanding more and more stupid stuff for them to do, taking time and resources from more important tasks.
Creating a more dangerous social climate, causing less people to have enough money to buy their products while increasing cost of material.
The government is demanding more and more stupid stuff for them to do, taking time and resources from more important tasks.
...like what? Keep in mind we're talking about the federal gov, specifically. The ones that just declared Google a monopoly and then did absolutely nothing about it.
The one that had every tech bro at his inauguration and continually accepts "donations" from them?
The one that files fake lawsuits in order to accept bribes out in the open in exchange for merger approvals?
Well now I'm saying that too. The Jeffrey E. Epstein ballroom.
The Epstein Ballroom?
Don't they mean the $400m ballroom?
Wait, do you mean that ballroom that is $500m?
Imagine any other president doing this.
At this point I can't even be surprised.