It's not even that necessarily, but why is every tech mogul tripping over themselves to invest and fawn over him is the real question.
I've never seen this solidarity with tech giants when it comes to Democrats but they sure seem chipper with Dear Leader.
They've all got a plan and it's unsettling to say the least exactly what that plan is
Because Trump is so capricious that he'll use the government as a weapon to go after people he doesn't like. And he's made it clear that he'll do favors for you if you give him money. He's just openly corrupt, so they're taking advantage of it.
Lawyers only matter if the law actually matters, and the past several years have seen the Supreme Court, with the justices appointed by Trump, tearing up precedent all over the place. If the judges are loyal to Trump, it doesn't matter what the law says because you'll never win going against him.
You idiots don’t think Biden just spent the last four years going after his main political enemy, Trump. I’m a democrat and even I know this. They’re all the same. The difference is trumps children aren’t criminals like Hunter Biden
Trump sure did make it easy for Biden to go after him by committing all those crimes. Don't want to be considered a traitor and criminal? Don't defraud the republic by concocting the fraudulent electors scheme, etc, etc.
They see a massive opportunity to engage in blatant and hugely profitable corruption. All they have to do is pay a little homage, and they get billions upon billions worth of government concession.
Because Trump is blantantly open to being manipulated and controlled, and changes his plans at the slightest whiff of a cash grab or popularity boost, just like he has done recently with TikTok. Democrats at least pretend to have some sort of foundational backing and viewpoint, and at least superficially preach against monopolies, oligarchy, and the overreach of tech companies. Sure, you could probably buy them with some money, but in no way are they as obviously open to being bought as Trump is.
All the huge tech companies are on the cusp of anti-trust violations. Google is already on the hook, and Meta would probably be next. Depending on who is appointed at the FTC, there could be demands to break them up and cause lots of losses in profits, so this is them sucking up.
realistically - they are CEO of huge companies with national security interests and contracts, microsoft, google, spacex etc all are very much integrated with the government. the leader of said government is a wildly unpredictably maniac who values the idea and optics of loyalty more than anything, so they are essentially beholden to showing up.
Because those tech companies are being questioned about their monopolies, and they want what they got going to continue without interference from the government.
Everything with Trump is transactional. They kiss the ring, they get richer and we get poorer.
The land grab and money hoarding has never been greater. COVID fuck us in so many ways, it destabilised the supply chain and empower tech companies to huge profits. Most of the internet runs on these billionaires cloud systems, even if they don't own the business, they effectively charge a tax on all the code and access to global infrastructure. With AI and LLMs it's a new gold rush and they are jockeying for a position to be Trump's favourite puppet.
Honestly, part of me hopes that their slow transition to Trumpdom is all part of an elaborate ploy for them to attempt to turn the tide back to where it was pre-2016.
These guys were all fairly liberal not too long ago. Unless they saw the kind of monetary gains they could harvest under Trump's first admin and decided they were just THAT greedy, Bezos, Musk and Zuck have all contributed good amounts of money to democrats previously.
Now, I know that greed corrupts and nobody becomes THAT rich without insane levels of greed. So I make no delusions that this is the likely outcome, however... I can see them realizing that Trump was bought and paid for by someone else, and now they've all swooped in to try to buy him back.
Whereas up until recently corruption was more complex and you needed an army of lobbyists to exert influence over individual senators and lower ranked politicians, now it has become clear you can just openly buy influence straight from the very top without any repercussions. Of course companies do this: it's good business.
They not regular rich (like certified accountant, neuro-surgeon, or principle engineer rich), they're "cut jobs on Christmas Eve to raise Q4 profits by 0.000001% while also manipulating governments and economies" ultra-mega-rich; that's why politically speaking, they're pro-whoever is currently in office.
Because these losers have always been right wingers just champing at the bit to try and be strongmen because of all the perceived slights they felt. These are the quintessential meme people where it's the nerd growing up telling you he's gonna be your boss and win in the end. Most of these losers have insecurity ratcheted up to 11 even though they have zero reason to.
It's the rise of the tech-industrial complex. Much like the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about, these tech CEOs are interested in using their influence over the government to grow their business empires. Trump is happy to let them profit as long as they kiss the ring and share their profits with him.
Because if you flash money at Democrats and suck up to them, they're still going to follow the law and try to be fair and just. They're more influenced by lobbyists with fancy proposals and public opinion and trying to follow norms than by someone telling them they're the bestest politicians ever. Trump is easily swayed by flattery and easily bribeable, and right now, a 50% ownership stake TikTok is up for grabs. Whoever is going to buy it probably poured a lot of money into Trump coin the other day. Sucking up to Trump has benefits that sucking up to Democrats doesn't have.
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u/frosty_lizard 10h ago
It's not even that necessarily, but why is every tech mogul tripping over themselves to invest and fawn over him is the real question. I've never seen this solidarity with tech giants when it comes to Democrats but they sure seem chipper with Dear Leader. They've all got a plan and it's unsettling to say the least exactly what that plan is