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   [thread] Sycophancy
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycophancy

   * "insincere flatterer:" someone practising sycophancy i.e., insincere flattery to gain advantage

   Supplication
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplication

   * form of prayer
   * one party humbly/earnestly asks another party to provide something

   [thread] Anticipatory obedience
   https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113618710751701033

   #USpol #sycophancy #InterpersonalRelationships #bullying #harassment #supplication
   #billionaires #capitalism #cowardize #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg #oligarchy
   #Trump2 #fascism

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     Trump inauguration pulls in $200M in donations, doubling previous record
     https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-donations.html
     https://www.salon.com/2025/01/04/inauguration-pulls-in-200-million-in-donations-doubling-previous-record

     * Trump to have most expensive inauguration
     * donors lining up to curry favor with / atonement from Trump2 administration

     #USpol #sycophancy #supplication #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
     #billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
     #TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
     #Christofascism #transgenocide #discrimination #racism #antiLGBT #xenophobia #MassDeportations

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     Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump
     https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-trump-bezos-cartoonist-resigns-53928aadc4fb4dda8f35fd840b5717ac

     *WaPo owner/other media executives bowing before Trump

     Why I'm quitting the Washington Post - by Ann Telnaes
     https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Telnaes

     #AnnTelnaes #WaPo #censorship
     #billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
     #TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
     #Christofascism #transgenocide #discrimination #racism #antiLGBT #xenophobia #MassDeportations

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     Trump2 billionaire sycophants: Zuckerberg/Bezos/Musk
     https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113647160706577498

     OpenAI/Altman to donate $1M to Trump2 inaugural fund
     https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113647472616033586

     Zuckerberg puts Republican Joel Kaplan in charge of policy
     https://www.salon.com/2025/01/03/mark-zuckerberg-puts-in-charge-of-policy-as-he-seeks-to-make-nice-with

     * seeks to placate Trump
     * Joel Kaplan, fmr Republican W.H. official, to head policy at Meta

     #USpol #sycophancy
     #billionaires #capitalism #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg #SamAltman #oligarchy #JoelKaplan
     #X_corp #Twitter #Facebook #Meta_corp #OpenAI
     #Trump2 #fascism

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     Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1M to Trump2 Inauguration
     https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/tim-cook-apple-inauguration-trump

     * Dec 2024 Meta & Amazon also donated $1M to Trump2 inauguration committee
     * ditto OpenAI’s Sam Altman
     * Uber/CEO Dara Khosrowshahi donated $1M ea. apiece
     * Trump2 inaugural comm. donations total $150M+ so far
     * AMZN Jeff Bezos dined @ Mar-a-Lago w. Trump/Musk Dec 2024

     #USpol #sycophancy #supplication #Trump2 #fascism
     #billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
     #TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg

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     [2022]
     Canada’s Liberal Party a Club of Plutocrat Sycophants
     https://jacobin.com/2022/11/bill-morneau-trudeau-administration-cibc-private-bank-revolving-door

     * fmr finance minister Bill Morneau moved f. cabinet to board of multinational bank
     * business as usual
     * reminder that Liberals at home among Canada’s rich/powerful

     Sycophant Pierre Poilievre sucks up to Trump
     https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113436903207178566

     USpol #CanPol #sycophancy #bullying #harassment #supplication
     #billionaires #capitalism #cowardize #Musk #corporations #libertarianism #LiberalParty #Trudeau #protofascism