• Zer0_F0x
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    4 months ago

    He doesn’t bend the knee, he bends the rules in his favor. This isn’t a pledge of allegiance, this is an investment he expects to make a profit out of.

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    4 months ago

    “Bends the knee”

    This is litterarly how busisness works in a corrupt state.

    You pay to be able to continue doing business, this is reality, you pay tribute to the lord/king/emperor, they grant you the freedom to operate as you want.

    I don’t see this as Tim or Apple liking Trump or even agreeing with him, just paying to keep operating as they have in the past.

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    4 months ago

    At what point is all this backroom deal making called EXTORTION?

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      4 months ago

      Never, so long as America remains a fascist dictatorship cosplaying as a Democratic Republic.

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    4 months ago

    Alexis De Tocqueville called all of this nearly 200 years ago.

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    4 months ago

    An apple shaped hole in a CD? He just presented Trump with an A-Hole award.

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    4 months ago

    He gave trump a glass CD with an apple cut out. Sounds really cool Tim.

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    4 months ago

    Makes me feel even better about buying Samsung