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/makebbq_notwar 18h ago

It’s interesting talking to Republican lawmakers one on one. The utter contempt they have for Christian conservatives is just amazing. They see Evangelicals, Mormons, and others as gullible fools who can be led around like sheep.

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u/JaneksLittleBlackBox 18h ago

They see Evangelicals, Mormons, and others as gullible fools who can be led around like sheep.

Because they are and can be, and these snakes know it based on 50 years of leading them around like sheep.

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u/purseaholic 15h ago

Because they are. Mormonism is a cult that got out of control. Of course men love it as they are in charge, but I fail to see the appeal for women.

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u/PLeuralNasticity 16h ago

And all the pedophiles are easy to honeypot, kompromise and push to the top

Predation is a MAGA leader qualification

No coincidences in the Aryan nation

Life in prison for child rape on tape

Their only alternative landscape

Unless they follow every order

Get locked up with no quarter

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u/madcoins 12h ago

Yep you tell the world “I’m prone to fascist ideologies and I’m not big into critical thinking” when you’re part of organized monotheistic religions. Don’t be surprised when you’re manipulated and used.

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u/Minute-System3441 18h ago

It’s interesting because most people I know who actually follow the OG Christian denominations, do not vote GOP.

Whereas, the American-invented prosperity-gospel hucksters - pulled it out of my --- denominations - worship at the altar of the GOP, are all staunch Republican voters. And, they have been told to dislike and disapprove the other older “socialist” denominations.

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u/bmyst70 13h ago

The funny thing is that it's patently obvious in The Bible that Jesus Christ himself was very much a liberal. Which is why the conservatives of his time literally crucified him. He challenged their power structures in ways they didn't like.

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u/DBPanterA 15h ago

Bingo.

Often say there are “Christians” and those that are “Christ-like.” Those that are Christ-like attempt to emulate what is written in the gospels. They know the social, political, and economic message on those pages. They know that Jesus Christ would make Bernie Sanders look like Chuck Grassley.

Christians, on the other hand….

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u/PaulTheMerc 17h ago

When you have a giant flashing sign that says "I believe in shit with no proof whatsoever, often contrary to proof in fact!", at that point it isn't mostly the other person's fault for taking advantage.

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u/makebbq_notwar 17h ago

I’ve heard evangelicals described this way by Newt Gingrich, Mike DeWine, and Ralph Norman over the years. Abortion was a great wedge issue to lead the sheep around with for decades. Now it’s Trans and DEI.

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u/youmestrong 15h ago

Because it’s so damn obviously true.