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The Guardian: Tech barons cozied up to Trump. What will they do in newly blue America?
Democrats’ success was helped by popular anger over tech, AI and the super rich – life for billionaires could become much more difficult
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/05/tech-barons-america-musk-bezos-zuckerberg
@ai6yr They will do what always do. Pivot and throw $$$$$$$ at Democrats
Look at zuckerberg and you can see the back and forth depending on who is in power
The politicians only see the money and in that way and much like donors they care little about the motivation beyond getting said donation and influencing whatever they are pimping at that time
https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=mark+zuckerberg
"...Voters concerned about corruption expressed their displeasure at oligarchs’ blatant attempts to create a political environment to their liking. Voting against technocrats drove people into the hands of Democrats and away from Republicans. Tech oligarchs themselves, along with anger over the AI boom, datacenters and Flock surveillance cameras, shifted the tides...."
@ai6yr
Pay their fucking taxes or die, that's what they'll fucking do.