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I saw this comment this morning and it feels pretty accurate: "It’s never a good sign when CEOs think they must literally live in DC to successfully run their
by davidw 2y ago
I saw this comment this morning and it feels pretty accurate:
"It’s never a good sign when CEOs think they must literally live in DC to successfully run their businesses."
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- herculity275 2y agoTo be fair Meta is not an ordinary business and Zuck is not an ordinary CEO.
- throwanem 2y agoTrue, we should expect special demands in the maintenance of a monopoly.
- magxnta 2y agoI don’t think Meta is a monopoly as they aren’t charging for anything and there are plenty of alternatives.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoAren't they primarily an advertising company? They definitely charge for ads. Probably more of a duopoly with alphabet though.
- francoi8 2y agoI would say any large corporation should meet higher standards of public benefit.
- davidw 2y agoIt's a business that controls how millions of people get their information.
- mrweasel 2y agoOther than basically being THE owner of Meta, how is he different exactly?
- scyzoryk_xyz 2y agoPower
- carabiner 2y agoEchoes of Boeing moving its HQ from Seattle to Chicago to DC area.
- Jtsummers 2y agoIt makes more sense for a defense contractor like Boeing to have a substantial office (if not their HQ) in DC given the Pentagon and all the program offices in the area. Especially since lobbying is the only way they can get business, not by the quality of their work. For non defense/intelligence contractors it makes much less sense to be in that area other than a small office at most.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoBoeing is primarily a defense company - DC makes sense.
- LinuxBender 2y agoMoving to DC is to have meetings all day long with political party members, wine and dine with government lobbyists off the record, back scratching, back room deals off the record likely the most important aspect, etc...
- euroderf 2y agoWhen you're a member of the Inner Party the bellyfeel is doubleplusgood.
- dkkergoog 2y ago[dead]
- Akasazh 2y agoIt mirrors the absolutist monarchy of Louis 14, where courtiers needed to be available for his lavish feasts (and couldn't be elsewhere to plot on their own)