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Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner

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      The scene opens confusingly. The camera zooms too close to the president’s face; the table at which the tech executives are seated seems far too long. Mark Zuckerberg is there, and Bill Gates and Tim Cook and Satya Nadella and Sam Altman and on and on, a baker’s dozen or so of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people—cutthroat competitors all—united here to pledge allegiance to Donald Trump.

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        Think i’m going to puke.

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          Non paywalled article: https://archive.is/2BltD

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            interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
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            Ah, as we can see Large Language Model Sycophancy is still a huge problem

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            • A along_the_road@beehaw.org

              The scene opens confusingly. The camera zooms too close to the president’s face; the table at which the tech executives are seated seems far too long. Mark Zuckerberg is there, and Bill Gates and Tim Cook and Satya Nadella and Sam Altman and on and on, a baker’s dozen or so of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people—cutthroat competitors all—united here to pledge allegiance to Donald Trump.

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              Baldur Nil
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              When the scene is open to the public, you can already know it’s all a theater.

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                When the scene is open to the public, you can already know it’s all a theater.

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                ddcno1@beehaw.org
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                Sure, but what play is being performed here? These men are more than powerful enough to go against Trump, yet every single one of them is playing the part of the obedient subject to the mighty king. The message of this bizarre play is that Trump is in charge, that he demands, in return of leaving you and your business alone, acts of what can only be described as public debasement.

                That’s unsettling for a long list of reasons.

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                  Sure, but what play is being performed here? These men are more than powerful enough to go against Trump, yet every single one of them is playing the part of the obedient subject to the mighty king. The message of this bizarre play is that Trump is in charge, that he demands, in return of leaving you and your business alone, acts of what can only be described as public debasement.

                  That’s unsettling for a long list of reasons.

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                  Baldur Nil
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                  These men are more than powerful enough to go against Trump

                  I wouldn’t say that, remember a CEO is just a position. If any of them goes against Trump, they can easily be replaced. Except maybe Zuck.

                  “I want to thank you for setting the tone such that we could make a major investment in the United States,” said Cook, referring to Apple’s pledge to put $600 billion into US manufacturing. Given that Apple made that commitment under threat of crippling tariffs on smartphones

                  Also interesting to see that this has created a political divide:

                  Former White House strategist Steve Bannon had a conniption over the dinner earlier in the day. He dedicated a significant portion of his speech Thursday at the far-right National Conservatism Conference to attacking Big Tech “oligarchs,” and during an episode of his podcast he claimed the person who arranged the dinner should be “perp-walked” out of the White House. article

                  I think none of these people are happy to be shown in public as weak and submissive, but they must have been told to play the game.

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                    mystikincarnate@lemmy.ca
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                    Bow down before the one you serve, you’re going to get what you deserve.

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                      Sure, but what play is being performed here? These men are more than powerful enough to go against Trump, yet every single one of them is playing the part of the obedient subject to the mighty king. The message of this bizarre play is that Trump is in charge, that he demands, in return of leaving you and your business alone, acts of what can only be described as public debasement.

                      That’s unsettling for a long list of reasons.

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                      deyis@beehaw.org
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                      These men are more than powerful enough to go against Trump

                      They would lick Trump’s feet clean if it meant they could keep their billions.

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                        Bow down before the one you serve, you’re going to get what you deserve.

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                        I much prefer Something I Can Never Have.

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                          Sure, but what play is being performed here? These men are more than powerful enough to go against Trump, yet every single one of them is playing the part of the obedient subject to the mighty king. The message of this bizarre play is that Trump is in charge, that he demands, in return of leaving you and your business alone, acts of what can only be described as public debasement.

                          That’s unsettling for a long list of reasons.

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                          Sure, but what play is being performed here?

                          I can guarantee it’s not Othello.

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                            Sure, but what play is being performed here? These men are more than powerful enough to go against Trump, yet every single one of them is playing the part of the obedient subject to the mighty king. The message of this bizarre play is that Trump is in charge, that he demands, in return of leaving you and your business alone, acts of what can only be described as public debasement.

                            That’s unsettling for a long list of reasons.

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                            Sure, but what play is being performed here?

                            Loud slurping noises

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                              herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml
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                              Stop using twitter or instagram. That is how you fix this.

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