r/technology • u/DontFearTheCreaper • 2d 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/clueless_as_fuck 2d ago

It's pretty obvious at this point that this is the plan.

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u/DouglasHundred 2d ago

I mean, it's an economic system they designed to work for their exclusive benefit, so it's hardly a surprise.

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u/ovirt001 2d ago edited 2d ago

There was a period of a few decades where taxes and regulations reined in wealth concentration. Since the 80s that has been carefully rolled back.

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u/reddollardays 2d ago edited 2d 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.

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u/NatPortmansUnderwear 2d ago

At least Reagan went through the great depression and understood how bad tariffs are, unlike genius T.

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u/GoldandBlue 2d ago

I have seen 3 Republican presidents in my lifetime. All 3 destroyed the economy. When will we learn?

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u/JaneksLittleBlackBox 2d ago

When will we learn?

Never, so long as their voters are delusional enough to believe the RNC is god’s chosen party on Earth.

I grew up Mormon and GTFO of that cult at 18, but I saw enough from my parents and extended family to know they’ll always vote straight-ticket Republican because they’ve bought into the Republican “family values, God, Bible” bullshit for so long that the party will always have the delusional Christian vote.

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u/smittyphi 2d ago

I'm still LDS as are my siblings and mom. I think most of us voted for Democrats in the last election, at least at the national level. I admit it's depressing seeing many LDS friends defend Trump. Republican values do not mesh with LDS.

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u/JaneksLittleBlackBox 2d ago

Republican values do not mesh with LDS.

They don’t mesh with Christ’s either, and yet..