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Why Are "Business Leaders" No Longer Allergic To Politics?
691 sats \ 22 comments \ @kr 6 Dec Politics_And_Law
For the last two decades, "business leaders" seemed like they were allergic to politics.
They rarely shared their views in public, and they certainly didn't want to work in politics.
Why have they all become so attracted to politics in the last 12 months?
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58 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 6 Dec
It’s a good question. I have a general sense that a lot of what was previously done behind the scenes is now being done in public.
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60 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 6 Dec freebie
yeah it's almost like someone triggered a release valve (maybe Elon led the charge here) and unleashed all this political interest into the public town square at once
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 7h
from Brave ai about Marc Andreeson:
In recent years, Andreessen has been vocal about his support for Donald Trump and has donated to pro-Trump super PACs. He has also been critical of the Biden administration’s policies towards technology and AI, stating that they have “seething contempt” for the industry.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 6 Dec
Because we went from a pro-establishment uniparty, where politics could only be affected at the margins, to Trump who is hailed an anti-establishment reformer. Any business leader that had a poor relationship with the uniparty has reason to get involved.
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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 6 Dec freebie
It seems like Trump's 2016 run was just as "anti-establishment", yet basically no big tech CEOs wanted to associate with him then. But maybe they didn't feel like the country was headed down the wrong path then either
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 6 Dec
Even Trump didn't believe he could get elected in 2016 and he was an unknown entity as a Politician, so high risk unknown reward.
2020 might be a better comparison, but he didn't seem very anti-establishment until we had 4 years of Biden.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 6 Dec
Those who don't like it are entrepreneurs with medium or low capital. Now the multi-billionaires have never been allergic, they love the state, especially the private sector bankers
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 6 Dec
Because theyre in the business of making money so why wouldn't you want to build ties with the primary commodity producer of the dollar?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Butterfinger 6 Dec
Because they have faith in democracy, it's their religion.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 6 Dec
I think in the case of pro Trump buisness leaders it's the fact that the Democrats started talking a very far left book. I think people that think there is some conservative growth are missing the aspect of the Democrat party leaving a lot of traditional Democrats behind. Trump after all isn't real a far right conservative. Thats a stupid take on him. He's basically an old school Democrat with a mouth and ego.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 6 Dec
TLDR: Self preservation
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 6 Dec
I would say that they find that they get some of their highest returns from lobbying and being involved with politics (when they back a winner). If they back both sides, like the banksters, they win all ways around.
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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @Bell_curve 6 Dec
They have too much free time. Clearly they are overpaid.
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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @kr OP 6 Dec freebie
To me, it seems like someone flipped a switch last year and there was a complete reversal in how entrepreneurs perceived politics. Feels too sudden to be explained by their pay or free time.