[poisonborz]

Incredible video. It's one piece of media that would shake the tech world, where it to be shown in 2017 through a time machine.

I wish this would gain more publicity. But I guess people are already desensitized for such news.

[Centigonal]

"If the last and worst act of the whole regime had come immediately after the first and smallest, thousands, yes, millions would have been sufficiently shocked—if, let us say, the gassing of the Jews in ’43 had come immediately after the ‘German Firm’ stickers on the windows of non-Jewish shops in ’33. But of course this isn’t the way it happens. In between come all the hundreds of little steps, some of them imperceptible, each of them preparing you not to be shocked by the next. Step C is not so much worse than Step B, and, if you did not make a stand at Step B, why should you at Step C? And so on to Step D."

-They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45, Milton Mayer

[herval]

I recommend this book so often recently, I'm thinking about buying a dozen copies so I can give them away

[AtlasBarfed]

Look at the fear.

LOOK AT THE FEAR.

These people are terrified. They are the controlling oligarchs of the USA.

The United States is in serious danger.

[bigyabai]

Cook's sycophancy towards Trump was readily apparent in 2017: https://fortune.com/2017/07/25/apple-ceo-big-plants-trump/

> But I guess people are already desensitized for such news.

Apple can do no wrong in the eyes of consumers. Tim Cook could be caught on video clubbing seals and nobody would bat an eye.

[seanmcdirmid]

No, as long as Apple keeps putting out nice products, consumers will buy them. As soon as they stop, loyalty doesn't extend much to its leadership. Most consumers don't even know or care who Cook is. Think of it this way. Have you ever regretted buying a PC or Android? Then think about if you have ever regretted buying a Mac and/or iPhone. It is product execution. People who consistently buy apple just don't believe regret should be a part of buying a computing device.

Much of the Musk blowback has been magnified by Tesla just not being very good cars (even if they have a great charging network). Consumers would quickly forget about Musk being a scumbag if Tesla produced good cars again.