https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/22/tim-cook-davos-world-economic-forum/
This is pretty awful, the people at the top of these companies are so far removed from normal people, they are making the world an extremely dangerous place for us.
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Tim Cook and Satya Nadella have dinner with Jair Bolsonaro (sat at same table during World Economic Forum in Davos)
- Thread starter RedMercury
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https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/22/tim-cook-davos-world-economic-forum/
This is pretty awful, the people at the top of these companies are so far removed from normal people, they are making the world an extremely dangerous place for us.
I really really doubt Cook enjoyed his company considering Bolsonaro is a outspoking homophobic.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...lo-jair-bolsonaro-victory-lgbt-community-fear
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/01/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-homophobic/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...lo-jair-bolsonaro-victory-lgbt-community-fear
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/01/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-homophobic/
Brazil has unusually high tariffs on imported technology, something like 40%, so that may give some context here.
If Cook and Nadella engage in selfies with Bolsonaro while doing finger guns, I'd be deeply concerned.
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Worst seating arrangement since Eminem sat next to Britney Spears and was forced to switch chairs with christina Aguilera so he could sit next to carson daly and fred durst
Would you have expected them to get up and walk away when they figured they were gonna sit next to Bolsonaro?
They're not on a date. And they're both engaged in separate conversations. And the article behind this doesn't match the title or the OP, but at least the OP has the article.
Did you know Tim Cook played the trombone?
Did you know Tim Cook played the trombone?
Honest question, do you/we know how the seating arrangements were made?
Official Staff Communication
Updated Thread Title. Just adding a bit more context as to what's going on.
He's sitting at a table.
I think it's a pretty extreme reading to say he's "having dinner with Bolsonaro" we don't know if seating was pre-assigned or who showed up first or anything.
It's pretty safe to say that Tim Cook isn't toasting Bolsonaro's fascism dude.
The more interesting interaction here is that Cook was seen talking with Pashinyan, why worry about seating arrangements?
I think there's a bit of over-reaction here. It's a economic forum where lots of huge companies go to and they happen to have been seated with Bolsonaro. I think the thread titles a bit sensationalist in reality.
You can't put em all at the same table they'll start an axis
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I think it's disingenuous to infer "Well what could they do, they had no choice, there was a SEATING CHART after all!" like it's some almighty declaration. Would you break bread next to a fascist because someone told you to?
Peak Marrec.
CEO of public companies don't really have the luxury of publicly dissing foreign heads of state. I mean maybe a dictator but not one who was freely elected.
I'm gay. If I was seated at the same table as a prominent figure who compared same-sex displays of affection to having sex with a 2-year old, then yes, yes I would get up from the table and walk away. I cannot stress enough that I am not the CEO of a trillion-dollar company, however, and as the absolute face of capitalism, I'd imagine that $$$ was top of mind in the particular engagement.
Yeah I mean, there's certainly a decent amount of Apple employees in Brazil, if he says "F this guy" and walks away that could legitimately make their lives harder. Is that really the better way to go here?
I wouldn't make a scene no, something like that could start a diplomatic incident that you're unprepared or unqualified to deal with. Holding Cook accountable for a seating chart at Davos is completely unfair.
This isn't even my final form
What does your logic -stripped from any company preference- tells you?
Do you think they draw sticks?
I bet Tim Cook personally made the seating arrangements in order to send a message to the non captio-fascists out there who his real friends are
Worst speculative thread since sliced bread.
Its Davos, they cannot decide who to sit next to.
Lock thread I would say
Its Davos, they cannot decide who to sit next to.
Lock thread I would say
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Stop trolling.
He's not accountable for the seating chart, he is accountable for choosing to follow it though. He made that decision, whatever qualifiers you want to throw on it, whatever interests he was serving or excuses you can make for him doesn't change that. He's a grown man, you're basically saying he's "just following orders" or some shit.
So he was physically forced to sit there under duress? Do you have evidence to back that up?
Uh well considering I have no idea who anyone else at the table is its hard for me to draw conclusions. It's probably safe to say there was some sort of connection of tech CEO's. Maybe there are other south american politicians at the table?? I have absolutely no idea.
You first.
High profile CEOs at a public forum have bigger shit to worry about than who is sitting at their table, I'm sorry to burst your bubble. They have different behavioral standards than "random who posts on ERA". You could easily leave the table as a statement and literally no one would give a shit because you aren't Tim Cook CEO of Apple. Tim Cook leaves that table and American interests in the region are at risk.
Why do you think they meet there?
To eat fish and exchange pleasantries?
"Lets go eat some food along with a random leader, maybe a fascist one"?
For God's sake people.