I’m not an apologist for any US company, particularly Google. But they are not the same as Musk. They didn’t campaign for this. Yes, they’ve “bent the knee” if you will, donated, and attended the innaguration. Can you imagine the alternative? The threats they got? Suddenly all these top tech companies donated exactly 1 million and their CEOs showed up there. Pretty sure they were told this was the bare minimum donation and that if they didn’t show up, you know…
Plus, they are not throwing nazi salutes, promoting nazis online and offline, or actively dismantling the US democracy. If anything, them not standing out and keeping as low a profile as possible is a good thing because they still hold significant power (for now) and the alternative is the US admin criminalizing them.
Very few times some images on the internet make me cry.
I know he is a sociopath, I understand that. But as a father, I cannot understand how Putin sleeps at night after being responsible for this horror and so many others. So many dead children, grieving parents. He is a father too. I know he lacks empathy, the rational part of my brain knows this, but I’m unable to imagine seeing the world through his eyes.
What a disgusting monster.