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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I guess that's better but honestly not by much.

See that guy between Bezos and Musk at the Trump inauguration? That's Sundar Pichai, Alphabet/Google CEO.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

It's zero better. Every one and every thing that bends the knee to fascism is fascist, and should be treated the same.

[–] juanito_the_great@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I'm not an apologist for any US company, particularly Google. But they are not the same as Musk. They didn't campaign for this. Yes, they've "bent the knee" if you will, donated, and attended the innaguration. Can you imagine the alternative? The threats they got? Suddenly all these top tech companies donated exactly 1 million and their CEOs showed up there. Pretty sure they were told this was the bare minimum donation and that if they didn't show up, you know...

Plus, they are not throwing nazi salutes, promoting nazis online and offline, or actively dismantling the US democracy. If anything, them not standing out and keeping as low a profile as possible is a good thing because they still hold significant power (for now) and the alternative is the US admin criminalizing them.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If I were forced to pick between the two I'd take the guy who is only a white supremacist when it's profitable over the guy who is a white supremacist every waking moment.

Call it 1% better, if that.

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Still a ratfucker, but ... not as high a priority target as the one activly throwing out nazi salutes.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sure, for the list of executions at the Hague Musk should take priority, but you shouldn't buy products from any fascist. The difference between 99% fascist and 90% fascist is inconsequential.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Zuck looks like he's glitching and needs a hard reset

That's his natural state.

[–] recall519@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

It's worse. Right now, people see the fascism in front of their eyes. They can choose to wake up or remain delusional. Before, it was masked and the average Joe wouldn't know better.