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/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 18h 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/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/