• DigitalDilemma@lemmy.ml
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    27 days ago

    It’s not google’s fault. It was told to do so and has. Does anyone seriously expect them not to have done this?

    Every American company, or company doing business in America, needs to toe the line of an unpredictable and vindictive president, especially one as fat and tempting as Google.

    Now there’ll be a disconnect in mapping between what some sources say and what others do, but anyone with a little history knowledge knows this isn’t the first time.

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        27 days ago

        look, fuck google for many reasons, but not this. this is just keeping your head down and trying to survive the shit storm.

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            look, if you’re a soulless corporation just trying to deliver profits to shareholders, this is 100% the right move.

            the problem is not refusing to go along with some meaningless gesture based in ignorant nationalism. the problem is that we live in capitalism, where the right move is always the one that delivers profits. decisions lacking humanity are always going to get made. focusing on this nothingburger just distracts from the bigger picture.

            if you want results, destroy capitalism.

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              27 days ago

              if you want results, destroy capitalism

              Says the person defending google…

              You don’t destroy capitalism by making concessions to mega-corp. If you truly want to destroy capitalism, you should be constantly taking every shot you can.

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                i’m not defending them. i’m just trying to temper your expectations. there’s a lot of uproar of pikachu shocked face stuff. it’s all symptoms of the illness. you will be slapping band aids on shit forever if you don’t attack the root cause of the illness.

                sometimes i think you all just want stuff to be outraged over. maybe you just like to post about it and get upvotes. maybe you just want to be part of an in-group.

                does that assumption bother you? because it bothers me that you think i’m pro-capitalism just because i won’t join in on your circle jerk.

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                  Reading through your post history I am inferring that you believe you’re smarter than everyone (due to pretty much a complete absence of any kind of snark for about a week. I didn’t go back further than that). I don’t believe you’re very smart. You’re the type of “leftist” that causes division amongst the left. That being said; yes, I believe you’re pro-capitalist. So with that, I block you.

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                    27 days ago

                    cool. well you won’t see it when i tell you to GFY.

                    i am smarter than most of you. i’m older and wiser too. the vast majority of you are a bunch of little cucks that are going to find out what being a limp-wristed do-nothing gets you. enjoy the boot. forever.

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          In nazi Germany they had a name for those who kept their heads down and tried to survive the shitstorm. They were called Nazis.

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            ooo. somebody’s looking to score some upvotes for their virtue signaling.

            well, i’ll tell ya what boss… how about you get out there and start killing nazi’s then. otherwise you are one (by your own reasoning)

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                good.

                and if you’re implying that i’m the problem, then by all means, come and get me. i’d love to give you a lesson in getting shit done.

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                  27 days ago

                  We found an Internet tough guy, everyone back up! While we were busy virtue signaling this guy studied deez nuts.

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          When they start rounding up trans people and deporting them to concentration camps, I’ll remember that the person shoving me into the train is just trying to keep his head down and weather the storm.

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            oh, i can hear the violins playing now.

            of course you made this into something about trans people when it will likely be anyone who opposes them. ya’ll are gonna get slaughtered. wise up.

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            sure. whatever. fuck google. i’m definitely not here to defend google.

            it’s beginning to look like there is no helping you people though. it’s like you all just got here and you’re trying to convince the oldest grognard how bad things are. like, motherfucker, i’ve been here since 9/11.

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      I’m not in the USA, I am not a US citizen. No reason I should be seeing this while I’m in the EU.

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        27 days ago

        Look at the Falkland Islands. It does the exact same thing because the Argentinian government ordered them to. Google maps tries to stay apolitical, by abiding governments, and adding the non-globally recognised name in brackets.