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#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-17 12:00 AM
Am I the only one here who is noticing a pattern of purchasing the actions of Pres-elect Trump?
The "pattern" has been obvious and seen and heard by just about anyone who is not blind and deaf.
That's actually the problem that Jeff Yass was talking about in your excerpt:
|------- The group's president last year wrote: "Giving the government the power to ban apps and pick and choose between competing apps is a huge restriction on ... freedom."
The former president, who had originally spearheaded efforts to ban TikTok during his time in the White House, reversed his stance last week, posting on his own social media platform that getting rid of TikTok would benefit Facebook and that he doesn't want that to happen, suggesting Facebook is a bigger problem for the country. ...
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Yes, the biggest immediate beneficiary of TikTok going "dark" would be Meta/Facebook's Instagram, so Zuckerberg "pivoted" early and is also one of the latest "donors" to Trump's inauguration.
What these business owners and CEOs understand all too well : "The government big enough to give you things is the government big enough to take things from you."
Maybe if we didn't keep giving more and more powers [and control over money, or selective "non enforcement" of laws, or making "laws" that attempt to "buy votes" through Executive Orders / actions, etc.] to Presidents / Executive branch, or the government in general, there would be less corruption?
www.newsweek.com - Biden Won't Enforce TikTok Ban as He Punts to Trump - 2015-01-17
www.newsweek.com - Student Loan Update: Thousands Benefit from New Round of Debt Forgiveness - 2025-01-17
www.newsweek.com - FTC Chair Lina Khan Launches Flurry of Lawsuits Before Trump Takes Office - 2025-01-17
But... in 4 years, we'll have "our" President, and then... everything he/she does will be smart, fair, just and good...
Here's a "happy" thought: "President Joe Biden's average approval rating was one point higher than President-elect Donald Trump's approval during his first term, according to Gallup."
Live by the sword...
"Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it. ... All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible." - Frank Herbert
"Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power." - Robert G. Ingersoll
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