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Balls, they aint got em
Disney’s clown management refused to air a trans focused episode because of the “political climate” saying that “LGBTQ+ experience are a sensitive issue” thus catering to bigots.
To be fair, knowing Disney's track record it probably would have been as embarrassing as the short-lived super hero duo of Snowflake and Safespace...
or the Transgender Unicorn Powerpuff Girls episode
or the "Quagmire's Dad" episode of Family Guy
or the Women's Prison episode of "Lost Girl"
...Look I don't trust big name mainstream companies to touch trans voices with a 69 foot pole in a way that makes me give any reaction other than "Can you just call me a slur and be done with it? That would be less offensive at this point!"
(Though Indie platforms are a lot better at this given things like Celeste being an entire game comparing the trans experience of coming out and transitioning to climbing a mountain and Helluva Boss' actually having Millie's Sister be a likable character who is openly trans but not on a soapbox nor a punching line. Implying her existence is valid and not worth mocking OR apologizing for.)
To be even farier, choosing neutrality in times of oppression means you side with the oppressor.
Oh I suppose they don’t need our money
I think it's more trying to win political favor by spending big with the company owned by a member of the incoming presidential administration.
Or it's just wanting to market their ads on that platform and as you said, not having the balls to stick to their boycott
That seems to be what everyone involved with a political party or major corporation did... Make a big show of "We resisted him once, and we'll do it again!" then go "Okay, everyone it's time to line up and kiss Orange Man ass! Biden will you please get the ball rolling with some more of that high road crap?"
Had Kamela won, Musk would have been bankrupt within years, likely in jail too (his own words)
Instead of that, loads of people decided to listen to a fraidster thief rapist, and not vote for Harris.
Now we're here and I'm so so tired.
likely in jail too (his own words)
Yes, but not for the reasons he claimed.
He would be in jail for actual criminality, not for his political opinions.
That's extraordinarily on brand of them
I was going to say that's incredibly on brand for Disney. Everything I have ever heard about Comcast seems to back up this move.
I'm surprised about IBM though, more because I didn't realize they were still around than anything else.
IBM sold "inmate" counting machines to Nazi Germany. Like, sent techs there to the camps to size up the requirements and everything. It should NOT come as a surprise that they're back on X - they've never had an issue with Fascism (or any other ism) as long as they had money to spend on overpriced iron.
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why would they even need a machine to count the prisoners? If they didn't feed their victims and were planning to murder them anyways I'm having trouble understanding why they wouldn't be okay with just a loose head count. Was it really just for counting?
I hope I'm not coming across as insensitive, I've just never heard about this and it sounds so ominous.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
Black reports that every Nazi concentration camp maintained its own Hollerith-Abteilung (Hollerith Department), assigned with keeping tabs on inmates through use of IBM's punchcard technology.[2]: 351 In his book, Black charges that "without IBM's machinery, continuing upkeep and service, as well as the supply of punch cards, whether located on-site or off-site, Hitler's camps could have never managed the numbers they did."[2]: 352
Dear God, they used a punch card like it was just another day on the job? I hope they didn't make the "prisoners" do it. I don't know why this is so chilling but something about having to count yourself like an object makes me feel sick.
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of course they are, they might as well lick his asshole while they are at it. big corporations will always without exception do whatever is necessary to survive.
Kinda lends itself to the theory that they are part of the Problem
I have no love for big corps, but they're likely just reading the writing on the wall. they have to deal with retribution for the next 4-12 years and they have no interest becoming the rebels. I'm kinda impressed they stepped away at all other than it probably was money spent for nothing.
IBM supported the Nazis, and if they're the only tech giant not fighting musk they're going to get the kickbacks. Corps dont do "writing on the wall" anymore, they chase money, which may look similar but the goals are different.
The writing on the wall is if you want government money don't piss off the pool boy of cheetolini
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the writing on the wall and money are not mutually exclusive
So pretty much everyone, who's already got a reputation for being shit, or has fallen from grace completely, has returned. No surprises there
IBM helping out the Nazis is pretty par for the course
Still, “under $2,000” for a corporation of that size is a surprisingly low amount, compared to the others. Not even worth the negative publicity. Odd choice.
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“X’s owner now has the ear of the president-elect, a man who has a long history of helping his friends, and punishing his enemies,” said Max Willens, senior analyst, at Emarketer. “Sending at least a trickle of ad spending toward X may be seen as good for business, albeit in an indirect way.”
There's the article in a nutshell. Give Elmo money or face the wrath of the Diaper-in-Chief.
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wow who could have predicted this considering they're the same companies who said they wouldn't donate to republicans after january 6th three months before they started donating to republicans again.
Good thing everyone is leaving
Doesn't matter. They're not doing it to get people to see their ads, they're doing it to bribe Elon since he has actual political power now. Kind of like how oil companies buy ads on news media, even though you don't need to be persuaded to buy oil - it's to buy favorable coverage.
My electrical utility (PG&E) advertises all the time. Like what am I gonna do, not buy electricity? It’s so obviously just a bribe to the media companies.
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When have Comcast, Disney, or IBM ever have been on the wrong side of history? /s
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Oligarchs get cozy with oligarchs, what a shocker.
That would be REALLY Corrupt if simply buying Ads on a Website was Enough to allow you to DIRECTLY INFLUENCE the President Of The United States! Fortunately Trump DIDNT put the Owner of X in charge of Important Oversight Decisions!
This is bending the knee
I almost can't blame them. A majority of Americans voted for fascism and racism. These are their customers.
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And nobody was surprised. I predict most advertisers will return by the end of January for the same reasons they left previously: It's the right business decision at the right time. Remember that the next time a corporation makes a pledge. It's always about money.
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