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Proton CEO embraces Trump for "standing up for the little guys" (lemmy.world)

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Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I was thinking this for a second, but is this really plausible? Normally when we talk about corporations we talk about how powerful they are and how they use different nations to locate headquarters and offices in order to mitigate legal and tax obligations. We regularly talk about how governments can't reign them in and how they act with impunity.

But now? "They HAVE to capitulate. They are just doing it to survive." Really? Do we really believe that? Or is it more likely that this is what they want and if they didn't, they'd be fighting tooth and nail to stop it? I'm with the second option honestly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

That’s what I don't get. If the proton CEO was actually raging MAGA, the last thing he should do, strategically, is stoke fires by stirring this up. That’s business 101.

…He must want conservative’s ears for some kind of policy issue, maybe to the detriment of Proton’s competitors. But what?