[thread] Sycophancy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycophancy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitulation_(surrender)
* insincere flattery to gain advantage
* surrender
Supplication
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplication
* form of prayer
* one party humbly/earnestly asks another party to provide something
[thread] Anticipatory obedience
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113618710751701033
#USpol #sycophancy #capitulation #bullying #harassment #supplication
#billionaires #capitalism #cowardize #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg #oligarchy
#Trump2 #fascism
[2022]
Canada’s Liberal Party a Club of Plutocrat Sycophants
https://jacobin.com/2022/11/bill-morneau-trudeau-administration-cibc-private-bank-revolving-door
* fmr finance minister Bill Morneau moved f. cabinet to board of multinational bank
* business as usual
* reminder that Liberals at home among Canada’s rich/powerful
Sycophant Pierre Poilievre sucks up to Trump
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113436903207178566
USpol #CanPol #sycophancy #bullying #harassment #supplication
#billionaires #capitalism #cowardize #Musk #corporations #libertarianism #LiberalParty #Trudeau #protofascism
Trump2 billionaire sycophants: Zuckerberg/Bezos/Musk
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113647160706577498
OpenAI/Altman to donate $1M to Trump2 inaugural fund
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113647472616033586
Zuckerberg puts Republican Joel Kaplan in charge of policy
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/03/mark-zuckerberg-puts-in-charge-of-policy-as-he-seeks-to-make-nice-with
* seeks to placate Trump
* Joel Kaplan, fmr Republican W.H. official, to head policy at Meta
#USpol #sycophancy
#billionaires #capitalism #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg #SamAltman #oligarchy #JoelKaplan
#X_corp #Twitter #Facebook #Meta_corp #OpenAI
#Trump2 #fascism
Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1M to Trump2 Inauguration
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/tim-cook-apple-inauguration-trump
* Dec 2024 Meta & Amazon also donated $1M to Trump2 inauguration committee
* ditto OpenAI’s Sam Altman
* Uber/CEO Dara Khosrowshahi donated $1M ea. apiece
* Trump2 inaugural comm. donations total $150M+ so far
* AMZN Jeff Bezos dined @ Mar-a-Lago w. Trump/Musk Dec 2024
#USpol #sycophancy #supplication #Trump2 #fascism
#billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
#TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
Trump inauguration pulls in $200M in donations, doubling previous record
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-donations.html
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/04/inauguration-pulls-in-200-million-in-donations-doubling-previous-record
* Trump to have most expensive inauguration
* donors lining up to curry favor with / atonement from Trump2 administration
#USpol #sycophancy #supplication #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
#TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
#Christofascism #transgenocide #discrimination #racism #antiLGBT #xenophobia #MassDeportations
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump
https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-trump-bezos-cartoonist-resigns-53928aadc4fb4dda8f35fd840b5717ac
*WaPo owner/other media executives bowing before Trump
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post - by Ann Telnaes
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Telnaes
#AnnTelnaes #WaPo #censorship
#billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
#TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
#Christofascism #transgenocide #discrimination #racism #antiLGBT #xenophobia #MassDeportations
Jeff Bezos’ Media Companies Kiss Trump’s Ring … Again
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/jeff-bezos-media-companies-kiss-trumps-ringagain
* Amazon Studios to release documentary about Melania Trump
* Washington Post killed editorial cartoon satirizing its owner’s fealty to incoming president Trump
#AnnTelnaes #WaPo #censorship
#billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #plutocracy #meritocracy #BigTech
#TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
#Christofascism #transgenocide #discrimination #racism #antiLGBT #xenophobia #MassDeportations
Meta taps Trump ally/UFC CEO Dana White to join board
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5250310/meta-dana-white-ufc
* Trumpist UFC pres. Dana White joining board of Facebook & Instagram parent company Meta
* Meta prev. named Republican Joel Kaplan as head global policy
Dana White Reveals Dark MAGA Future @ Trump Victory Speech
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113437101647090836
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#influencers #DanaWhite #UFC #ToxicMasculinity
#antiLGBT #transphobia
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook
Zuckerberg: More Speech/Fewer Mistakes
https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1525382954801931
"time to get back to our roots around free expression
we're repl. fact checkers w. Community Notes
simplifying our policies
focusing on reducing mistakes
Looking forward to this next chapter"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42622082
* corporate America’s version of bending the knee
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42621627
#Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #propaganda
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook
/1 Meta replaces fact-checking w. X-style community notes
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/meta-replaces-fact-checking-with-x-style-community-notes-1.7167100
* Facebook/Instagram owner Meta scrapping 3rd-party fact-checking
* replacing w. user-written Community Notes
* sim. to model used by Elon Musk's social media platform X
#billionaires #Trump2 #GOP #sycophancy #libertarianism #propaganda #fascism #authoritarianism
#Musk #X_Corp #Twitter #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture #WealthInequality
Billionaires court Trump at Mar-a-Lago
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/07/billionaires-at-mar-a-lago-his-center-of-the-universe
* f. Tesla's Elon Musk to lesser known UAE real estate power broker, billionaires flocking to Florida
#HussainSajwani: https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#4d2d40043d78
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #disinformation
#influencers #DanaWhite #UFC #ToxicMasculinity
#antiLGBT #transphobia
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #Musk #X_Corp #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#HumanRights #UAE #Dubai #SaudiArabia
Amazon Found Easiest Way to Influence Trump2 Administration
https://newrepublic.com/post/189942/amazon-melania-trump-documentary-corruption
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113777147387015015
* AMZN targeted during Trump1
* paying $40M for documentary no one wants about Melania Trump
* Dir. Brett Ratner: hasn’t made Hollywood movie since accused of sexual harassment by multiple women in 2017
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#capitalism #oligarchy #plutocracy #meritocracy #BigTech #AMZN
#billionaires #Bezos #sycophantism
#Christofascism #transgenocide
Trump Gets New Propaganda Machine as Mark Zuckerberg Caves on Meta
https://newrepublic.com/post/189940/mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump-meta-fact-checking
* Zuckerberg trying to compete w. Elon Musk over who can suck up to Donald Trump the best
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113787684023398033
#billionaires #Trump2 #GOP #sycophancy #libertarianism #propaganda #fascism #authoritarianism
#Musk #X_Corp #Twitter #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture #WealthInequality
Trump Gloats Meta Changed Rules Because Zuckerberg Is Scared of Him
https://newrepublic.com/post/189957/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-meta-rules
* Trump smug about Mark Zuckerberg's fealty
* bullied Mark Zuckerberg into making policy changes at Meta
* will allow rampant spread of misinformation
#billionaires #Trump2 #GOP #sycophancy #libertarianism #propaganda #fascism #authoritarianism
#Musk #X_Corp #Twitter #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture #WealthInequality #cowardice
Meta enables anti-LGBTQ+ hate by elim. fact checking
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/meta-clears-the-way-for-anti-lgbtq-hate-with-plans-to-eliminate-fact-checkers
* esp. pol. topics
* enable far-right ideology
* recently caught censoring content w. 2SLGBTQIA+ #
* uses “transgenderism” to allow “political/religious discourse” that claims LGBTQ+ ppl mentally ill
* green light to target LGBTQ/women/immigrants/marg. groups w. violence/vitriol/dehumanizing narratives
#Trump2 #sycophancy #fascism #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #cowardice
#transgenocide
GLAAD: Meta & Mark Zuckerberg Remove Long-Standing anti-LGBTQ Hate Speech Policies by Ending Fact-Checking
https://glaad.org/releases/meta-removes-anti-lgbtq-hate-speech-policies-ends-fact-checking
Meta Removes Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ Peopl/ Other Marginalized People
“Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs & industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta’s platforms unsafe places for users & advertisers alike”
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #cowardice
#transgenocide
Meta Allows Users to Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally Ill
https://www.them.us/story/meta-lgbtq-policy-content-moderation-walkback
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-immigration-gender-policies-change/
“allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender/sexual orientation”
* "transgenderism"
* new policies directly relax speech restrictions re: transgender people/topics
* allows “sex/gender-exclusive language” in “political/religious topics"
* affects trans rights/immigration/homosexuality
#Trump2 #fascism #antiLGBT #Zuckerberg #sycophancy
#Christofascism #transgenocide
Disney Paid Off Trump for a Reason
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/disney-paid-off-trump-for-a-reason
* FuboTV CEO David Gandler sells out to Disney
* Disney greased wheels of incoming Trump2 administration
* $16M payment settlement for defamation against Trump
FuboTV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FuboTV
#USpol #Trump2 #fascism #sycophancy #cowardize #supplication
#billionaires #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #Disney #FuboTV #DavidGandler #antitrust #libertarianism #oligarchy
Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With Change in Hiring Policies
https://newrepublic.com/post/190124/mark-zuckerberg-maga-hiring-policies-dei
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-programs-employees-trump
* Zuckerberg embraces anti-DEI discourse
* immed. terminating DEI policies
* conservative ethos shift
* sim. moves by Walmart in November & McDonald's this week
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #antiLGBT
#capitalism #libertarianism
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #cowardice
#ChristianRight #transphobia
#Christofasciam #transgenocide
Meta employees speak against new anti-2SLGBTQIA+ & anti-DEI policies
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/meta-employees-speak-out-against-new-anti-lgbtq-anti-dei-policies
* growing anti-2SLGBTQIA+ sentiment
* shift f. diversity, equity & inclusion
* facilitating transgenocide
Black trans lawmaker asks UN to investigate Meta for hate speech policies
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/black-trans-lawmaker-asks-un-to-investigate-meta-for-new-hate-speech-policies
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #antiLGBT
#capitalism
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
#ChristianRight #transphobia
#Christofasciam #transgenocide
Zuckerberg’s Secret Trump Rendezvous Before Big Policy Change
https://shows.acast.com/the-new-abnormal/episodes/zucks-secret-trump-rendezvous-before-big-policy-change
* podcast
* Zuckerberg met w. Trump day before Meta’s big content fact check flip-flop
* further reveas how Silicon Valley’s tech elite aligning w. Trump2 administration
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #antiLGBT
#capitalism #BigTech
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
#ChristianRight #transphobia
#Christofasciam #transgenocide
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith visits Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-danielle-smith-visits-mar-a-lago-1.7429358
* had 'friendly & constructive conversation' w. Trump
* mutual importance of U.S.-Canadian energy relationship
* Alberta fossil fuels
#CanPol #Alberta #DanielleSmith #Trumpism #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #antiLGBT #transphobia #ParentalRightsMovement #ChristianRight
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #billionaires #libertarianism
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#FossilFuels #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
Apple pushes back against proposal to abandon diversity programs
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-pushback-on-dei-rollback-1.7429714
* conservative think-tank submitted proposal recommending Apple abandon diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs
* Apple's board of directors recommended investors vote against shareholder proposal to abolish the company's DEI
National Center for Public Policy Research
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521226614
501(c)(3) nonprofit
sits on Project 2025 advisory board
@persagen If the Trump family pockets enough of the “donations,” the inauguration may not be the most expensive.
@persagen needs to become the top issue of 2025. Billionaires, wealth inequality (not merely income), corruption, power, etc.