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
62.0k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.1k

u/reddollardays 19h ago edited 14h ago

Fuck Reagan, such a sociopath.

ETA: Thanks for the awards, appreciate the sentiment - SOLIDARITY IS KEY!

Anyone else, please consider donating to the ACLU or a certain SMB character's legal defense fund. Eat the rich.

460

u/OttawaTGirl 19h ago

It...was...never...just...Regan.

The heritage foundation and right wing cronies surrounded him just like Trump.

177

u/mdp300 17h ago

And at the same time, guys like Jack Welch who turned GE from an engineering and manufacturing company into a finance company, and who started the whole "maximum possible profits this quarter are all that matters" philosophy.

29

u/VinnieVidiViciVeni 16h ago

Ironically, he is quoted as saying shareholder primacy is the dumbest idea of all time. Not mentioning in defense of him, more an indictment of the system. And F him, also.