Does nobody have a spine anymore? Say it out loud and show some damn leadership.

supriyo-biswas 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

As recent actions against media outlets have shown, the current administration likes to pursue actions against its enemies, so it’s better to fall in line and at least maintain the impression that they’re committed to the administration’s cause.

Long term though, I wonder how many companies would just close down, and worse yet, whether America would continue to maintain its soft power. The so-called trade deficits were instruments, if used carefully, could have brought about reform, and yet the its current leader continues to squander it away, pushing countries further towards an Asian power that has typically not been well known for democratic values (although, again, given the recent actions in America, who’d have thought it’s possible in America either!)

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bix6 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Is it? They attack whoever they want and continue attacking even if you capitulate so you might as well stand up on day one.

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paool 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Easier said than done when standing up could cost you millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars.

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bix6 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How many subs did Disney just lose? Pick your poison I guess. I’ll take my spine over a mil any day of the week.

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mikestew 14 hours ago | parent [-]

How many subs did Disney just lose?

Beats me, you got any idea? I know how many I’d like them to lose, but for all I know I was the single household that cancelled Hulu, and wrote a strongly-worded letter (yes, as in I had to go find a stamp).

	▲	bix6 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I don’t know but they dropped a few B in market cap so maybe fighting this would’ve actually been a win.
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		You are not alone

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kccoder 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hard to do when you’re a coward. Some things are more important in the long term for a company than the next quarter’s results.

Every person and every company which cares about democracy, freedom, … should collectively stand up to these bullies. They aren’t smart, they aren’t tough; they’re greedy, undisciplined, unethical, amoral, narcissistic, thin-skinned, unintelligent bullies. They whine and moan and will crumble if we just stood up to them. So why don’t we?

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watwut 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, standing up is reserved to those who have nothing rather then those who can loose hundreds of million dollars and still remain rich and powerful. /s

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cindyllm 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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platevoltage 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I remember the good old days when corporations controlled the President. I guess now we’ve got a guy that seems to be willing to burn everything down to the ground if he doesn’t get his way, which I guess is a new thing. What do you do besides just play along?

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watwut 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They hope there will be democratic president next time and you will see how brawely they will criticise then.

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buggrm84 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Welcome to 20 years of social media normalizing everyone to avoid mean words; everyone is a Neville Chamberlain.

"Bernie Sanders is barely a good start" types like myself were trained not to tell these guys off at work and the like as in the past.

Imo there's a value to shit talking and taking the piss out of people. A necessary reminder if there is indeed a center to the universe to measure for truth relative to, it isn't them.