The scene opens confusingly. The camera zooms too close to the president’s face; the table at which the tech executives are seated seems far too long. Mark Zuckerberg is there, and Bill Gates and Tim Cook and Satya Nadella and Sam Altman and on and on, a baker’s dozen or so of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people—cutthroat competitors all—united here to pledge allegiance to Donald Trump.
Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner
Submitted 3 weeks ago by along_the_road@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.wired.com/story/tech-ceos-donald-trump-white-house/
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along_the_road@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
balder1993@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
When the scene is open to the public, you can already know it’s all a theater.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Sure, but what play is being performed here? These men are more than powerful enough to go against Trump, yet every single one of them is playing the part of the obedient subject to the mighty king. The message of this bizarre play is that Trump is in charge, that he demands, in return of leaving you and your business alone, acts of what can only be described as public debasement.
That’s unsettling for a long list of reasons.
Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Is Bill Gates still important in the tech company space?
I was under the impression that he was not active for over a decade. Having left Microsoft, and focusing on more humanitarian efforts. Does he have any influence, or does tech-company-space activity still?
Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
He’s busy sucking Trump’s Toes.
Apparently dismantling USAID and undoing all of his humanitarian efforts doesn’t bother him enough to not be important in the room.
30p87@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
14 fascists one bomb
Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Alternative Title: Donald Trump has a praise kink
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Not news.
FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Think i’m going to puke.
renard_roux@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
I can’t believe they didn’t show the table with the McDonald’s bags 😳
balder1993@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Non paywalled article: archive.is/2BltD
herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Stop using twitter or instagram. That is how you fix this.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
What if I never started?
chava@nomada.tiliches.net 3 weeks ago
or microsoft or google or apple...
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Ah, as we can see Large Language Model Sycophancy is still a huge problem
spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
from The Needling, Seattle’s local Onion-esque satire site:
Bill Gates Compliments Trump on Wife Who Didn’t Ditch Him Just Because He’s in the Epstein Files
huquad@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
And I’ll have you know he does not have a small tiny micro penis
chava@nomada.tiliches.net 3 weeks ago
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Bow down before the one you serve, you’re going to get what you deserve.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
I much prefer Something I Can Never Have.
renard_roux@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Context? 🤔