Can't decide if what I just read in the Guardian is tragic, pathetic, horrifying...to me, it is all three. [View all]

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/key-leaders-seeking-trump-approval

‘The great capitulation’: why key US figures are seeking Trump’s favor

People from tech executives to foreign leaders and even some mainstream media figures are ‘acquiescing in advance’, experts say, because of greed and fear

The whole thing is worth a read - I am just going to paste in these two paragraphs.

"Although it is not clear if Zuckerberg knew the back story of how this tinny version version of The Star-Spangled Banner was recorded over a prison phone line, his mere presence at Donald Trump’s “winter White House” said it all. Facebook had banned Trump after the shocking events of January 6. Now Zuckerberg had come to kiss the ring.

He is far from alone in what has been dubbed “the great capitulation” following Trump’s re-election. Tech chief executives, media organisations and foreign leaders are seeking the president-elect’s favor through donations, self-censorship and appeasement. Analysts say the surrender is driven by a combination of greed, fear of Trump’s unfettered power and a belief that resistance is futile."