lechekaflan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 days agoNvidia, Apple each gave $25 million for Trump's ballroom, Washington Post reportswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down13
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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoThat seems a bit harsh, I see it more like they understood that they had to pay tribute to the king to keep operating in peace. As a general rule, I dislike making extreme comparisons lile that, as I see it as diluting the term.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 days agoHow is paying tribute to a king in the United States, a nation explicitly founded on the principle of no kings, not comparable to collaborous treason?
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoWell the king could simply order you arrested or your company shut down?
That seems a bit harsh, I see it more like they understood that they had to pay tribute to the king to keep operating in peace.
As a general rule, I dislike making extreme comparisons lile that, as I see it as diluting the term.
How is paying tribute to a king in the United States, a nation explicitly founded on the principle of no kings, not comparable to collaborous treason?
Well the king could simply order you arrested or your company shut down?