Basically, any tech bro that doesn’t present the whiney baby with a million dollar voluntary donation is likely to be punished by the regime.
From the tech bros perspective giving such a token amount is a no-brainer regardless of personal beliefs… and it’s an extremely worrying precedent to set.
From my time living in the US, I got the impression that local oligarchs’ personal beliefs are largely aligned with Trump (enabling corruption, oligarch capture of governance, avoiding responsibility for their actions).
However, one relatively unique thing that I noticed about US oligarchs is they tend to be very sensitive about PR and don’t like to get their hands dirty (in context of their internal worldview).
They align with Trump in terms of goals, but some may not like his style and presentation.
I would even argue that some US oligarchs may even see Trump’s approach as a “low probability, high impact” risk in that he may undermine faith in their rule.
I agree. I think the PR helps with the illusion that they arent oligarchs, but just savvy businessmen. Just lucky americans. One of us. That’s how you get poor people praising and defending them. Don’t have to worry about uprising or guillotines when you got half the people on your side.
Basically, any tech bro that doesn’t present the whiney baby with a million dollar voluntary donation is likely to be punished by the regime.
From the tech bros perspective giving such a token amount is a no-brainer regardless of personal beliefs… and it’s an extremely worrying precedent to set.
I think you give them too much credit.
From my time living in the US, I got the impression that local oligarchs’ personal beliefs are largely aligned with Trump (enabling corruption, oligarch capture of governance, avoiding responsibility for their actions).
However, one relatively unique thing that I noticed about US oligarchs is they tend to be very sensitive about PR and don’t like to get their hands dirty (in context of their internal worldview).
They align with Trump in terms of goals, but some may not like his style and presentation.
I would even argue that some US oligarchs may even see Trump’s approach as a “low probability, high impact” risk in that he may undermine faith in their rule.
I agree. I think the PR helps with the illusion that they arent oligarchs, but just savvy businessmen. Just lucky americans. One of us. That’s how you get poor people praising and defending them. Don’t have to worry about uprising or guillotines when you got half the people on your side.
“Kiss the ring, bitch”
Surprised he still wants to be known as Donald, and not “The Don”.
From any business perspective it’s the smart move.
Just like keeping slaves was too.