about as shocking as if a russian company did the same. if you dont get it yet, do you get it now?
Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
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Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
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That commentary was far less prevalent and met a lot of resistance from the same people here. Few people imagine something like a Department of Mis/Disinformation not being such a good thing if its their person in charge and don't imagine a situation where someone else takes over later on something like the Israeli/Palestinian conflict where there's a schism within parties about what is "misinformation". Instead they…
My point is that those conversations were happening in earnest, irrespective of the GPs perception or lack thereof. Additionally, the element of scrutiny I described would still be interesting to explore with the particular EOs referenced by the GP. Here’s an example article from Reuters that details the potential national security implications with regard to Nvidia GPUs, novel AI technology, and military advancement…
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#53They didn't even resist/appeal the order? It is an EO, not a law. Goes to show just how subservient and feckless Microsoft is. Nominative determinism much?
People really need to resist the urge to anthropomorphize corporations. Corporate behavior is well-established science at this point. They almost always do what is in their own financial interests. "Feckless" means "lacking initiative or strength of character". Corporations have one character: Making money. Fighting the government over a few user accounts has no short-term or long-term monetary value. It doesn't even…
50% of people do not support this. That’s a made up number. Trump has barely over 40%. He is an unpopular criminal who has shown time and again he will break the law. What even makes you think a criminal like this would win an election fairly?
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#55https://archive.is/QIvhV
US tech dominance has long been seen as a benefit and this administration is ruining that position.
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The parent comment never mentioned any of that. You're chewing them out for living somewhere you disagree with. And unless that parent poster's name is Rupert Murdoch, I guarantee you they cannot do anything to change these issues for you. Where do you live? Since you're so confident in the righteousness of your politics.
The guy you replied to are anti-academia, anti-ICC, defends Trump and mostly uses Twitter posts as source for his claims. I don't think his location is so relevant.
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
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People really need to resist the urge to anthropomorphize corporations. Corporate behavior is well-established science at this point. They almost always do what is in their own financial interests. "Feckless" means "lacking initiative or strength of character". Corporations have one character: Making money. Fighting the government over a few user accounts has no short-term or long-term monetary value. It doesn't even…
50% of people do not support this. That’s a made up number. Trump has barely over 40%. He is an unpopular criminal who has shown time and again he will break the law. What even makes you think a criminal like this would win an election fairly?
That's a good point.
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The power that comes with military contract-type money, connections, and influence. That's the kind of situation that gives CEOs lifelong reputations (that they think it's in a good way).
The NSDAP-style alignments went both ways: if the industry bigwig joined the party, he got access to lucrative contracts and insider information. The NSDAP also helped strike down strikes for the bigwigs, and later, supplied slaves from concentration camps for cheap. In turn, the party got to deeply control the bigwig: don't toe the party line and you're either out, or you're in danger. Join the party and publicly de…
It was a very mafia-like arrangement. Loyalty meant being rewarded with lucrative opportunities but it also meant you owed them and sooner or later they'd come back asking for one favour or another.
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#59This administration is destroying US soft power in a way that no rival could ever have imagined possible. The big winner here is China.
DOGE? Absolutely performative. Even things like USAID are a trival amount of money and miss the point that it's a very cheap way of getting influence. Plus I'm sure there's some CIA money buried in there too.
Abusing the power in such a trivial manner like suspending this account does nothing but hasten this downfall.
It's always worth adding that 20+ years ago the US passed a law colloquially known as the "Hage Invasion Act" [1], which not only authorized but requires the US to invade the Hage if ever any US servicemember are brought up on charges to the ICC. And this extends to servicemembers and leaders of allies.
Empires don't die quietly or quickly. This is going to be long, drawn out and chaotic.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
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The parent comment never mentioned any of that. You're chewing them out for living somewhere you disagree with. And unless that parent poster's name is Rupert Murdoch, I guarantee you they cannot do anything to change these issues for you. Where do you live? Since you're so confident in the righteousness of your politics.
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