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Well that’s what Americans voted for. So I don’t think anyone cares that every CEO (definitely not just Tim Cook) is schmoozing with Trump.




> Well that’s what Americans voted for.

Americans are not one person.

> So I don’t think anyone cares

Clearly they do.

> every CEO (definitely not just Tim Cook) is schmoozing with Trump.

Tim Cook was (supposedly) principled. I guess it's hard to pretend that you care about privacy or human rights while eating dinner next to bin Salman.


> Tim Cook was (supposedly) principled. I guess it's hard to pretend that you care about privacy or human rights while eating dinner next to bin Salman.

I guess if you thought he had principles then yeah that could be disappointing. Personally I've never tried to moralize corporations though, I just assume the only principle that every company and CEO operates by is whatever increases the stock price.


And me thinking company values actually meant something in all those trainings. /s

Funny that you think that people have free will under this zombie social media mind controlled Internet world we’re living in.

Besides Trump‘s approval ratings are worse than ever so I don’t think people really got what they wanted, they got who they voted for not what they voted for.


The Twinkie defense is alive and well, I see.

Yeah Americans voted for Trump. But that shouldn't prevent CEOs to show a spine. Tim Cook is no different from all the others, therefore Apple doesn't deserve any less contempt from us.



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