r/technology • u/DontFearTheCreaper • 20h ago

Social Media Tech CEOs who grinned behind Trump at inauguration lose billions in wake of tariffs

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariff-bezos-musk-zuckerberg-b2727147.html
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u/EmmaLouLove 20h ago

I remember Michael Cohen testifying before Congress. Say what you may about Cohen, he was right when he said, “I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power. And this is why I agreed to appear before you today.” Of course, he was right. January 6 happened.

In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts including campaign-finance violations, tax fraud, and bank fraud. Cohen said he violated campaign-finance laws at Trump’s direction “for the principal purpose of influencing” the 2016 presidential election.

In his testimony, he warned Republicans he lost everything by following Trump’s demands, acting at his bequest. “So to those who support the president and his rhetoric as I once did, I pray the country doesn’t make the same mistakes that I have made or pay the heavy price that my family and I are paying.”

Republicans appear to be oblivious to how bad Trump really is or know, and are either afraid of him and his MAGA cult, or worse, agree with his chaotic unconstitutional behavior. Regardless, the GOP have abdicated their constitutional duty to check this President and we are all paying the consequence for that.

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u/Astrosherpa 19h ago

I think the more disturbing part of all this is Peter Thiel and the tech bro oligarchs who surround Trump. They really are acting as the board of directors and Trump as the CEO. Greenland is what did it for me. This whole push for Greenland makes no sense, outside of the context of the "Digital Countries", Praxis Nation, B.S. I've seen mentioned. It appears to me that they are intentinally crashing the market and are intentionally trying to send us into a recession. I don't think Trump knows a damn thing about Tariffs, but Peter Thiel does. They know this is going to shut down economies and that is the point! Everyone is looking at Trump as the "mastermind". The more I look into Peter Thiel the more I'm convinced Trump is simply a useful decoy. These fuckers are intentionally burning things down.

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u/Edie_T 19h ago

Agree. Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin. Their essays about this are out in plain sight. I still haven't downloaded Project 2025 but I'm sure it's there as well.

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u/tawDry_Union2272 19h ago

yep. i admit when i first heard about the "dark enlightenment" movement i thought it was gonna be just a load of conspiracy theory bunk....

it's real, half or more of its players are in trump administration positions of power/policy, and it's happening right now.

fuckinA.

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u/Astrosherpa 18h ago

Yeah, it's getting more deeply concerning as I think the intent is to truly undermine the country to actual failure. Destabilize us internally and externally and throw us into an actual depression. Anyone at the "Top" will be able to walk through that comfortably and insulated. Also, remember these fuckers have been buying up huge chunks of land and also reportedly building luxury bunkers on their land... The rest of us, the "proletariat" will suffer, starve, kill, maybe go to outright war. We already have "enemies of the state" being disappeared. Lots of outrage for that, but I think they will escalate the amount to the point of being background noise. They get to buy the remaining assets for pennies on the dollar. People will be so disillusioned with things that the billionaires can become the "Saviors" of the select people who bow to them. The rest can be turned into "biomass" or whatever that fucking shit stain Yarvin suggested.

Just history on repeat, but sped up by the digital age. These tech bro fascists are going to get millions of people killed if we don't stop them soon.

I hope I'm wrong.

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u/aguynamedv 14h ago

Just history on repeat, but sped up by the digital age. These tech bro fascists are going to get millions of people killed if we don't stop them soon.

They're not going to "get" people killed. They're planning it.

Come Monday, every single American will be pinched. American companies not subject to tariffs will lie about it, and raise prices anyway.

The entire goal of the first 90 days is to make the situation so bad that protests get so big that Trump can declare martial law. That's the end game.

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u/Non-taken-Meursault 18h ago

Where can I read more about that?

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u/Astrosherpa 17h ago

https://time.com/7269166/dark-enlightenment-history-essay/

This one ties things into a bit more historical context. 

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u/nutbuckers 15h ago

not the original commenter you asked, but I liked this fairly condensed conspiracy theory/summary (i really hate that we're living in the times where the batshit crazy and the uncomfortable truth are getting more and more difficult to tell apart): https://old.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/1jgr5wp/economics_is_not_trumps_strong_suit/mj1nzb7/

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u/Cainhelm 17h ago

It's funny cuz they're literally the "deep state" that red voters harp about, except it's in the open for them to see.