Zeppo

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[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I love Fox’s braindead takeaways on stuff like this. “Conservative commentators didn’t like Joy Reid!” Wow, no shit. The article did have a variety of reactions at least.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

That’s the same incorrect usage of the term blackmail as Elron Musk in his idiotic “don’t try to blackmail me with money” speech. The proper term is extortion.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 18 hours ago

Do you have any sources besides this foreign influenced fascist bullshit site?

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

There's something ongoing, though. If Trump didn't think he needed him still, or didn't have some reason he's forced to keep him around, he'd just tell Musk to fuck off. Same as how he fires appointees, doesn't follow through on other contracts and stiffs people on bills.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

That's a good point. Zucker has a higher amount of dislike vs. intense dislike.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Zucker kinda somewhat tried to do that with the "metaverse" thing. He pulled it off very poorly and it was a stupid idea in the first place, though.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I'm surprised Zuckerberg is more disliked than Elron. Though Zucker has done some weird shit lately taking Facebook culture right wing, he's been way less of a public pain in the ass than Musk. He's been widely known as a dislikable figure for longer though.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

I recall how in 2015 many in the Republican establishment were actually opposed to Trump getting into power. Then, they suddenly flipped and started saying he was the best ever, and have since then. It seems they got here on fear of Trump and his fervent fans and after enabling him for years, they end up... in fear of Trump and his fans.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Must be a tough decision to stop working so hard on harming the country and enjoy retirement.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Not revenge as much as financial motives. He wants less oversight on his business activities so he can make more money and be involved in fewer lawsuits and regulatory actions. There seems to be a broader motive to degrade the US and cause chaos and hardship, which I assume is other Republicans and influences like Putin. Some are probably favors to other interests - for instance, my guess about decreasing park rangers is probably to degrade parks and decrease attendance so they can justify drilling for oil or mining in national parks. The amount of money saved by slashing federal employment is trivial in terms of the budget, so it certainly isn't that. One thing is that before the election they said they were going to specifically make sure that agencies were staffed with Trump loyalists at every level, so I'd bet when you hear there were cuts at the FDA and the staff said they seemed random, everyone who was fired voted for Democrats, had Democrat supporting social media activity, and so forth.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 92 points 3 days ago

Who could have known??

 
 

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