In Reply to: tech vs banks... posted by confused442 on November 08, 2026 at 10:54:46
Just watching Ruth Ben Ghiat talking about all this stuff and she said the same thing. The Tech bros jumped in bed with Trump because they wanted no regulation and they just abandoned all principles knowing what trump did after the 2020 election. She thinks they won't quickly try and jump ship now they will try and get the Dems to go easy on them but they're really still staying with Trump because they hope he can protect them and they can control him.
She said if history is any lesson, they will wind up regretting that decision it will cost them credibility, business success and personal wealth and for some of them it may cost them their personal freedom they might go to jail.
She also said trump is now publicly demanding investigations of the Dems saying they are threatening Republicans with investigations and that's illegal. It's not of course it's literally their jobs but she said it's absolute standard practice by autocrats they try to scare people into not holding them accountable.
It worked with Garland and to an extent Biden they didn't want to appear biased, she thinks it won't work this time the mandate from the voters is just too big.