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> it's probably one of the easier compliance-swaps they have to engage

It's the corporate equivalent of lacking boundaries and failing to maintain emotional maturity.

Everybody has to say 'no' sometimes in order to be awesome and capable. Corporations need to say 'no' to governments far more often than they do.

We all have fears that saying 'no' to a narcissist will lead to retaliation; having boundaries despite that fear is what keeps us healthy.

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> Corporations need to say 'no' to governments far more often than they do.

When those corporations need the government to look the other way about things they're doing or want to do, they're going to suck up to it every time as hard as they can.

This is such an easy thing to do to make the little baby happy, of course they did it before he forgets he did it in the first place.

"no" is how to get in trouble real quick in totalitarian neo fascist regimes. and coming from a region that had some of that in our history books, from the outside lots of the things in the US start walking and talking like that type of duck.

we'll know more after the midterms.

they're the single most important elections the US had in the past decades. good luck to all of us!

but I digress.

it's not that simple to "just say no".

How about "don't openly support a fascist regime by giving it money and attending the inauguration"?

Google is raking in money from the Trump administration. Sundar and the other execs are all in, they love the guy.

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