I don’t know about the other one, but “following the EU’s competition law in good faith” would definitely go against Apple’s historic values and what they have promised to us, EU users.
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WTH are you talking about?! That is very very mean fakenews and this comment should be deleted.
That's the lie Stalin spread through the west using his agents and useful idiots in academia. There was never a smooth transition from a capitalist system to fascism, it required a coup or a civil war. If you look at today's China, it's a fascist state. They have a degree of market economy with strong state influence, just like nazi Germany. They've stopped using internationalism and class warfare as their core ideology, and went with nationalism, just like nazi Germany. They operate concentration camps to "deal with" religious and ethnic minorities, just like nazi Germany. They use their "glorious past" and racial superiority as a propaganda tool, just like nazi Germany. It was a gradual, smooth transition, not a revolution or a coup.
Yes, fascists and communists were mortal enemies, but because of their ideological similarities, not because their differences. They looked for support to the same group of people. In post-war Eastern Europe, the first ones communists dealt with were the social democrats. Not because they were the polar opposite, but because they were the competition. Btw, Mussolini was an editor of a socialist newspaper, before he ditched internationalism for nationalism.
The core of both is using the envy of gullible, working class people to gain power. Whether the target of this envy is jews or the bourgeoisie/aristocracy, is just a flavor. Realizing, that market economy (with strong state control) works better, than command economy, is the matter of time and intellect. And the choice between nationalism and internationalism is the matter of (geo)political realities, a foreign policy tool.
She’s also slowly transformed the Atlantic into a more standardized corporate shill of a magazine.
Does China use slave labor? Sure.
Is China executing hundreds, or even thousands of people? Wiping out entire countries….na. Is China engaged in military conflict with….anyone? Not really.
China is busy building an Empire, and they are winning. They dominate not only the technology, but also the raw minerals of the global renewable energy revolution. Not only that, they also dominate the global nuclear industry. But wait, there’s more….China dominates international mega infrastructure projects; building out ports/canals/logistic/manufacturing hubs across the world. I don’t see the US investing anything significant in Africa or South/Central America…. And what happened to America’s pivot to Asia? A few small military bases, that’s it.
Traditionally Fascist/totalitarian regimes are isolationist; China is the opposite of that…they’re a new kind of hybrid. It’s America that’s becoming more isolationist.
Yes on the execution part. For the second question... we'll see.
Yes, it is. Actively encroaching on foreign territory in the South China Sea. It's not a shooting war because of the power disparity.
Lol, no. Unless you count 1930s USA as fascist.
Fascism can exist on ANY ideology.
"Celebrity culture" creates a foundation for fascism by dividing society into the "elite" and the "crowd". "We are indispensable nation" is as fascist as the fascism can get.
I would imagine that Apple had been approached by the inauguration committee for a donation. Apple may have a policy of no political donations or that any donations need to be signed off by a committee. As that falls into the "too difficult/doesn't make enough sense for Apple" bucket, Tim probably decided to do the donation himself to make the issue go away. In terms of his wealth, it's like giving loose change to someone on the street.
Jobs was the lefty. Cook is an accountant. I mean….he was pushing apple vision.
They never did mean anything. A corporation sells stuff and will wave the flag of "what's happening now". What's happening now is DEIA has jumped the shark and the masses are sick of the bigotry.
How much would Apple products cost if they were made in the US? Would American workers be able to manufacture them, or do they possess the necessary technological skills?
Ah the old "I can't be a racist. I have black friends" argument.
For the record, I don't think Trump is a homophobe. He's just a gargantuan narcissist above all else.
More of an opportunist
Personal ties that inflate his ego is clearly important to Trump. If you've nothing to lose by working that and everything to gain, you might as well.
