• @DarkCloud
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      JD Vance is literally Silicon Valley’s candidate, sponsored by PayPal’s Peter Thiel, and likely to take over if Trump gets into office.

      It’s absolutely something Apple’s head would do. They’re not exactly know for their morality. FoxxConn workers can tell you that as they roll out of the suicide nets.

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        57 hours ago

        Just so you know, Foxconn supplies almost every electronics manufacturer. Your phone? Foxconn. Your TV? Foxconn. Your PC? Foxconn. Your radio in the kitchen? Foxconn. Doesn’t matter which name is on the outside.

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        JD Vance is the tech bro VC candidate. There’s a huge difference between Tim Cook and 90s boom era tech bros. Apple’s success doesn’t give a fuck about middle-school mentality masculinity. Not every tech company is so insecure.

        • @DarkCloud
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          610 hours ago

          “My billionaire is a good one though!”

          I’ll never understand people who try to step in and defend do-nothing billionaires - they’re all morality free nihilists who value profit above all else. They’re all ruthless.

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            So is Trump/Vance good for business? For all I know that’s true of a few businesses only, e.g. fossil fuels are an obvious one. But to Apple, IRA-enabled investment opportunities may be more relevant than availability of fossil fuels.

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          If you’re talking about 90s apple, I hate to break it to you, but that’s exactly who tech bros cosplay as.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil
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      It’s possible Trump is lying. But there is a depressingly high chance that this call (or one like it) did actually happen. Rich fucks do be making insane phone calls all the time. Just look up Bill Ackman’s long reputation of putting Columbia administrative heads, NY/DC newspaper editors, and random ranking congresspeople on blast, every time he gets a bug up his ass about Woke.