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Apple CEO Tim Cook gives 24-karat gold gift to Donald Trump

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    I'm sure this has been pointed out before, but it's very appropriate that the video for "This is America" was shot in an abandoned factory building.

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      I’ll bet those boots taste disgusting.

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      Since this isn't Tim Apple's first roll in the hay with Trump, I doubt he minds the taste.

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      • darkfuture@lemmy.worldD [email protected]

        There's nothing cool about Apple and never was. They're just really good at advertising to people who don't understand technology. You have always been able to get the same grade of technology for way cheaper by purchasing from elsewhere.

        I've been an IT professional (as a job) for over 2 decades. I have had numerous jobs and worked with a lot of tech people. I have had exactly one fellow employee that liked Apple and that dude was straight out of high school and we hired him on as an intern at first and he knew basically nothing.

        Apple is good at advertising and robbing people blind. That's it.

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        Funny, I've been an IT professional for over 2 decades and most of my coworkers have used Macs for development and system administration.

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        • S [email protected]

          Yup, it's just not so obvious when reading text if you're not familiar w/ the accent.

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          Streuth (struth? 'struth? No idea how to actually write that expression)

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            Wouldn't that just be anarchism / corporatism similar to a deregulated syndicalism? Why use a word with an opposite meaning, "new liberalism", to describe something?

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            I'd guess it's to point out the fact that it's developed under the guise of social liberty, but it isn't a well defined term. Conservatives and neoliberals alike regard the views as liberal in America for some reason. In my mind the word helps distinguish it from liberal ideology by tacking on a modifier that can't be equated to liberalism per se.

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              And I can't even accept a gift voucher due to anti-bribery rules? Fuck off.

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              you can't even accept a bottle of water while waiting to vote! the rules are different for us and them.

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              • D [email protected]

                Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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                Don’t understand how this isn’t criminal in America.

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                  Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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                  What a stupid fucking dildo. Sucking pp like that.

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                  • L [email protected]

                    Google gave $1M to him

                    Will you boycott Google products too?

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                    Shouldn't we?

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                      You're not wrong—and yet, nobody decides to do anything. Still.

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                        Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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                        Would Steve Jobs done the same?

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                          Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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                          And Trump is just going to screw him over anyway, bribe or no bribe.

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                            A gold bar gifted to an institution would still count as corruption in most sane jurisdictions. Sure those loopholes exist, but we tend to disguise them as investments or charity.

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                            But it's not a gold bar but a "gold base" which would be technically legal almost everywhere. It shouldn't be but thats how loopholes are.

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                              Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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                              If that base is solid 24 karat gold, it would be almost the size of a 400 ounce bar; worth almost $1.4 Million. Seems rather unlikely to me, but I rule nothing out of the realm of possibilities anymore. More information is needed, I think.

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                                Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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                                I can't watch, the cringe is overpowering.

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                                • qevlarr@lemmy.worldQ [email protected]

                                  Bribe. The word you're looking for

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                                  Definitely, as after this it was announced that Apple would not be affected by the 100% semiconductor tariffs.

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                                    Would Steve Jobs done the same?

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                                    bet steve wouldn't even answer the phone call. he was a bit egotistical, lol, and i doubt he'd have patience for trump's bullshit regardless of the consequences.

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                                      Definitely, as after this it was announced that Apple would not be affected by the 100% semiconductor tariffs.

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                                      You're kidding, right? Right?

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                                        Don’t understand how this isn’t criminal in America.

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                                        It is. Except that the law doesn't protect people. People protect the law. If a law is there on paper, but no one will enforce it, then it isn't a law. It's just some words on paper.

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                                        • M [email protected]

                                          i kinda like how they dealt with gaddafi. i think thats the way to go.

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                                          Wikipedia for context

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