cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoEpic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down16
arrow-up1284arrow-down1external-linkEpic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'www.pcgamer.comcyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·4 days agoThat was over a decade before he ran for president and was rightfully seen as an eccentric celebrity. Obama wasn’t even in his first term yet.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·4 days agoSo you think trump was a good guy back then? He’s always been a piece of shit, and that’s the type of people neoliberals take money from… Like, yeah, it was before Obama’s first term, but you forget it was supposed to be “Hillary’s turn” just 3 years after that wedding. She was in fundraising mode for 2008, and the money trump gave was used to try and stop Obama in the Dem primary That’s what I’m getting at. People like trump pay to make sure the furtherest left the Dems go is still on the right economically.
That was over a decade before he ran for president and was rightfully seen as an eccentric celebrity. Obama wasn’t even in his first term yet.
So you think trump was a good guy back then?
He’s always been a piece of shit, and that’s the type of people neoliberals take money from…
Like, yeah, it was before Obama’s first term, but you forget it was supposed to be “Hillary’s turn” just 3 years after that wedding.
She was in fundraising mode for 2008, and the money trump gave was used to try and stop Obama in the Dem primary
That’s what I’m getting at.
People like trump pay to make sure the furtherest left the Dems go is still on the right economically.