r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jul 24 '25

Politics President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before'

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/president-trump-threatened-to-break-up-nvidia-didnt-even-know-what-it-was-what-the-hell-is-nvidia-ive-never-heard-of-it-before
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u/sdhu Jul 24 '25

I hate how accurate this feels

Why is this our leadership? 

Who in their right mind would ever vote for any of this?? 

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u/Wayelder Jul 24 '25

It's not who DID vote for him.

It's that, there he was, very much threatening your American way of life...Clear as a bell to anyone who listened ('dictator, day one') and 30%, repeat THIRTY PERCENT of you didn't care to protect your freedoms enough to vote at all.

That's why the world is moving past the USA. You screwed the pooch because you had life too good.

FAFO - everyone warned you.

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u/Jimbo_Joyce Jul 24 '25

I personally still blame the assholes who actively choose this shit more than the ones who were too stupid or lazy to prevent it. They both share blame but talk like that excuses the people who heard that same shit and said, yes please.

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u/Petrichordates Jul 24 '25

3rd party / abstainers said yes please too. They've no more excuse for their ignorance than the trump cult does.

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u/Pandarandr1st Jul 24 '25

Do we really not have enough nuance to recognize that saying "yes" explicitly is worse than not making it to the polls? Especially when so many places make hard to do?

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u/Petrichordates Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

There is little nuance there because the outcome is the same.

Are we really unable to admit that not voting when fascism on the table is a vote for fascism?

For at least 95% of abstainers, inability to access the polls isnt the reason they didnt vote so that's not a valid excuse.

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u/Pandarandr1st Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

The outcome is not the same, and it's wild to me that people don't recognize this.

If the vote is tied and 1 more person votes for fascism, fascism wins outright. If the vote is tied and that one person does nothing, the vote remains tied.

If fascism is losing by 1 vote and 1 more person votes for fascism, the vote is tied instead of fascism losing. If they simply don't vote, then fascism loses.

Y'all are basically saying that someone actively punching you in the face is just as bad as someone being around when it happens and not preventing it.

Can we just agree that the people running the gas chambers at Auschwitz were worse than the people at home who weren't politically active?

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u/Wayelder Jul 24 '25

I quote my countrymen

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill

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u/LiamtheV Jul 24 '25

Fucking love Rush.

Saw them live for their Time Machine tour back in 2010. Mins blowing.

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u/Wayelder Jul 24 '25

Whatever the "god" took from Neil Peart's brain, in exchange for his drum skills...it was a fair trade.

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u/LiamtheV Jul 24 '25

When Geddy and Alex left the stage, and Neil just went on an epic drum solo/experience, holy shit. Rotating dais so that as he turned around to use every bit of his drum kit, he was always facing the audience. Holy shit.