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“Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration fund, reports Axios. The donation will be a personal donation directly from Cook rather than a donation from Apple”

I’ll defend Apple as being the least shitty of the big tech giants but I can’t defend this.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This country makes me sick to my stomach. What a fucking joke.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you can find a way: get out.

For everyone else, you have my sincere sympathy.

[–] skulbuny 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And go where? Where in the world is safe right now? I thought about living in the Philippines with my family, but China is probably waging war soon. Europe? With the way America is headed and the war is going? Let's assume Ukraine wins: Europe is out of gas and will militarize and right wing governments are rising with German nationalism leading the battle drums, Ukraine gonna be in an economic slump, Russia is gonna be subservient and dependent on China because its economy is gone without a win.

That leaves countries with metropolises that are suffering from westerners gentrifying their neighborhoods with the USD being strong in these places. We are really going to make the poor in other nations pay the price for our government's doing again, but this time by our own choice? That's not any better imo. Unless you are leaving with the specific intent on making the place you are going better, stay home please

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do you mean safe or safer than the U.S.? Because you can't be guaranteed of absolute safety anywhere. If you're queer or brown, there are a lot of countries where you'll be safer than the U.S.

[–] skulbuny 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fair point. If you are in immediate danger then yeah, not gonna argue. But if you are able to stay and do something, that should be preferable.

I am brown (Filipino). I won't be leaving. My sister lives here. My nephew. They can go somewhere safe, but there aren't many places safe from a hot, land war in this world like the US observably is. Mayyybe Canada, but enjoy that economy.