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1. iamdelirium · 1790353251 · focus · HN ↗

   I wonder if this is going start being abused soon.

   If I was Palantir or any other GOP aligned company, I would be completely against this. What's to stop a Democratic president from doing the same thing and destroying them?

   1. cramer4next · 1790353527 · focus · HN ↗

      Can you clarify what a GOP aligned company is? Is that any company thats willing to do business with the U.S. government or any businesses thats willing to sell products in red states?

      1. SpicyLemonZest · 1790355305 · focus · HN ↗

         I don't see a need to come up with a complete definition at this point. Let's start with cancelling all SpaceX and Palantir contracts and see how we're feeling; that may be enough to keep corporations in line.

         1. cramer4next · 1790356827 · focus · HN ↗

            Because there is none. Its rhetoric and its personal to you. Its like me saying I haven't spent a nickle on anything Nike because of their narative selling. Hence anyone who wears Nike products is a bad person. Its ridiculous, narrow minded and undemocratic.

            1. hardbass · 1790357598 · focus · HN ↗

               Telling my mind about anyone or any company is the ideal expression of free speech and democracy. Using government force against a company that refused a contract is the opposite of democracy.

               1. cramer4next · 1790358622 · focus · HN ↗

                  It sure isn't democratic when only the top 1 percent in charge make those decisions that inflame you. These companies have thousands, if not tens of thousands of employees, that I can guarantee don't agree on statements or positions that the people at the top make as a company whole. So why would you want you punish people who have nothing to do with this. In the end its the regular employees who pay, not the corporate leadership.

                  1. hardbass · 1790375378 · focus · HN ↗

                     Aren't you the one who said this?

                     <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49694185">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49694185

                     &gt;For me the end of buying anything Nike for my household and owning there stock was 2018. After their embracement of kaepernick and circus of marketing schemes that followed its no surprise what the outcome would be. Now Lululemon hired one of architects of all this as their CEO. They followed the nike playbook and are already suffering from it. Now their doubling down in a race to the bottom.

                     1. cramer4next · 1790376399 · focus · HN ↗

                        Yes. Exactly where I stand. I also dont use anthropic products because of their false anti-gorverment stance even though they want to sell to them. If I could i&#x27;d short their stock too.

                        1. hardbass · 1790376631 · focus · HN ↗

                           It sure isn&#x27;t democratic when only the top 1 percent in charge make those decisions that inflame you. These companies have thousands, if not tens of thousands of employees, that I can guarantee don&#x27;t agree on statements or positions that the people at the top make as a company whole. So why would you want you punish people who have nothing to do with this. In the end its the regular employees who pay, not the corporate leadership.
                        2. hardbass · 1790376927 · focus · HN ↗

                           How are they anti government? You keep making up stuff out of thin air. Anthropic posited certain requirements in their contract, trump pissed and shat and got them designated a supply chain risk randomly instead of negotiating or just canceling.

                           If you support using AI to kill people without human oversight and using AI to mass surveil the American population, of course its your freedom to.

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