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I'm confused by "seek favour". Wouldn't this just be bribing Elon? If it's a bad business decision (poor ROI compared to other advertising venues), wouldn't we
by bediger4000 2y ago
I'm confused by "seek favour". Wouldn't this just be bribing Elon?
If it's a bad business decision (poor ROI compared to other advertising venues), wouldn't we want the advertisers to skip X in favor of something else?
- rsynnott 2y ago> Wouldn't this just be bribing Elon? Indeed. I mean, it’s a Trump presidency; not sure what else you’d expect.
- bediger4000 2y agoI just thought we were believers in the free market, making business decisions on business grounds, not frippery like DEI, spending based on data, not sucking up to aristocrats, so that capital is intelligently allotted.
- rsynnott 2y agoI mean, if Trump does half of what he’s claiming he’ll do, the US won’t be anything resembling a free market; it’ll be a Russian-style patronage-based economy, where success is largely predicated on who you know and on how much money you shovel their way. Like, he hasn’t been subtle about this. (In particular, the ‘crippling tariffs, with exceptions for the Right Sort of companies’ thing is all but shouting ‘bribes, please’ from the rooftops.) It’s unclear to me what you think DEI has to do with anything.
- bediger4000 2y agoMentioning DEI was a little sarcastic. I've seen comments on HN where DEI was claimed as a subjective criteria that hinders economic success.
- rsynnott 2y agoAh, well, you’ll see all sorts of stupid comments in HN.