That quote is impactful. What you probably don’t know is that it is pure propaganda. The author of that poem, ‘The New Collossus’, wanted a racial/religious homeland for her people. It is just like politics today. People telling others how they need to live while living completely differently themselves.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Immigration, Human Rights, Privacy, Apple News and More in New Interview
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
That quote is impactful. What you probably don’t know is that it is pure propaganda. The author of that poem, ‘The New Collossus’, wanted a racial/religious homeland for her people. It is just like politics today. People telling others how they need to live while living completely differently themselves.
Apple can want to change hearts and minds all it wants, but in this country it doesn't matter what the people think or want. The US is not a democracy and is not run on public opinion. Power is bought, and electing a new King once every four years won't lift the country or its people out of its old British class culture. You can have all the civil wars you want, but this country has long since plateaued culturally, and & is incapable of meaningful change and further growth. There is only cashing in as long as you can on the decline, and leaving it to build anew elsewhere, same as its always been. And then, the Old Money moves on to greener pastures yet again...
Over and over...
Over and over...
When people use the term "virtue signalling" it makes me sad. It's like that person is so broken inside that they don't believe that sincerity actually exists. That any positive thing someone may say is just a cynical attempt to gain favour.
Inevitably, leaders of large companies assume they have special insights about Life that can’t be acquired anywhere else. They even equate the art of doing business as Life itself. They write self-inflating autobiographies and lifestyle bibles preaching “values” whose origins and validity are dependent on their ability to generate profit.
Personally, I never embraced Apple because of its values. I chose it because they catered to my values. They happened to be the same but are increasingly diverging.
Must be nice to have people working for below market wages for those things you consume.
Problem is people have become entitled to this artificially low pricing that is the result of the exploitation of these illegal immigrants... but you knew that right?
[doublepost=1530024095][/doublepost]
Considering nobody cared, the absence of evidence in this case is proof of it.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t have people intentionally pretending that photos from 2013-2016 occurred under Trump’s administration.
Those immigrants came legally through Ellis Island... but you knew that right?
[doublepost=1530024438][/doublepost]
When people virtue signal it makes me sad, because in so doing they lose my trust for anything else they advocate for.
Precisely! He abuses Apple's brand and platform to spread his message. And I don't know why he says "Apple". When did he became the spokesperson of apple employees? I don't see any official statement from Apple? Will any apple employee be allow to say anything that's contradicting Tim Cook's message? He is a tech CEO, not a pastor!
They also deported a large number who didnt qualify as potential benefits to society. Including the sick/contagious. Vetting was done and those who wanted citizenship didnt jump fences or sneak through. But all these things are merely small details in the immigration debate.
I think that inner circle at Cuppertino headquarters would make a good sanctuary city for all illegal immigrants. Do this and I'll support open borders.
BTW, can I go to any other country - live and work there, if I choose?
BTW, can I go to any other country - live and work there, if I choose?
Steve rarely ever talked politics. Almost everything he talked about was technology and his vision of it both current and future. His life revolved around “the product” and how others did it wrong, but he was going to do it right. I loved the interviews when Bill Gates and Steve Jobs would be interviewed together. You could just feel the mutual respect they had for each other as tech visonaries, but how deep their competitive animosity was for each other. You’ll never see Tim Cook sit down with Bill Gates for an interview. He doesn’t understand the product well enough. He’s a politician and bean counter.
Sure Apple is doing great right now, but they are still living off of Jobs vision. Cooks Apple just slowly improves things that Jobs already thought up (in the case of the iDevices) and hasn’t done much of anything with the Mac other then introduce less ports and problematic keyboards. It’s a formula that works for the present and near future when you’ve got a popular brand to market, but consumer tastes change and tech evolves rapidly. It’s a formula that won’t work forever. All of these political interviews prove that Cook has no vision for product. He’s mostly concerned with this stuff while Apple runs on cruise control.
If you need any more proof watch some old Apple keynotes before Jobs got real sick. Watch him introduce and demonstrate new products. The introduction of the iPhone and iPad are great examples. He was so excited to show them off and he knew the product inside and out. Cook doesn't even demonstrate the products. He says hello and hands it off to everyone else. His passion is politics not product.
Last edited:
The Democrats have always been the host party of the KKK, as it was its militant wing, but you knew that.
Learn your history, the parties switched and the GOP became the host party of the KKK, but you knew that.
So, do you mean the PC is a good substitute for the Mac or not? Because I hold it isn’t, but you seem to insist it is.
That would explain all the Democrats holding tiki torches and chanting racist slogans in Charlottesville. *I* didn't know that but thank you for the learnin'!
The parties switched... That’s a good one.
[doublepost=1530026660][/doublepost]
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/04/anti-fascism/
Norman Thomas said recently in a speech made in Cincinnati “Fascism is coming in the United States most probably, but it will not come under that name.” In this statement he was repeating the words of the late Huey Long, but Huey added: “Of course we’ll have it. We’ll have it under the guise of anti-fascism.”
Own it.
Last edited: