Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoELI 5 Why is everyone all of a sudden lining or aligning with Trump and trying to kiss his ring when they critized him and stood their ground. Why are they now folding? Is it fear or something?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down119
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareELI 5 Why is everyone all of a sudden lining or aligning with Trump and trying to kiss his ring when they critized him and stood their ground. Why are they now folding? Is it fear or something?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareinv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·2 months agoOpportunism and fear.
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoI was gonna say fear and greed, but opportunism might encapsulate it better. Either way, pretty much the two strongest driving forces in America.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoLike the lines from “The Big Short”: “What’s that? What do you smell?” “Opportunity.” “No! Money!” There may be a bit of fear if a business could be impacted badly by definite policy changes coming, so get in the good graces now to maybe soften the blow. But in the end that’s still about money.
Opportunism and fear.
I was gonna say fear and greed, but opportunism might encapsulate it better. Either way, pretty much the two strongest driving forces in America.
Like the lines from “The Big Short”:
“What’s that? What do you smell?”
“Opportunity.”
“No! Money!”
There may be a bit of fear if a business could be impacted badly by definite policy changes coming, so get in the good graces now to maybe soften the blow. But in the end that’s still about money.
Avarice