Apple could also just pull out of the UK entirely, fire all their UK employees, and stop buying UK goods and services. I know they won't, but feck all fascist governments.
By that logic, they need to pull out of the USA immediately.
Because Apple is in the US that means they should prop up fascism and a police state?
Not directed at you personally, but people need to learn what fascism is. Fascism is a type of authoritarianism but not authoritarianism is fascism.
Fascism is a far-right system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
The U.K. is capitalist, and we can certainly argue that this would be a stringent movement control the rest of the definition doesn't fit at all. There U.K. isn't governed by the far-right, it isn't a dictatorship, there isn't violent suppression of opposition and the list goes on. So, yeah, not fascism at all
your quickly-googled Wikipedia version of what fascism is is wrong. It’s obviously written by a leftist and is nowhere near the actual definition. See merriam Webster.
A company that has consistently for decades pushed itself to build the best products and services ices in the world, who’s even altered course when it became apparent that things weren’t quite fair (see Taylor swift royalty letter), who’s taken its footprint seriously and fought like no other to be environmentally responsible, human rights centered, and stayed at the top in spite of heavy competition from the worlds big guns, interference from not only world governments, but even its own, and come out in top, while maintaining integrity and legality along the way, when the goalposts move, it’s time to recognize it’s the hand that moved the goalpost is at fault. Not the kicker who placed the ball perfectly. I’m rooting for apple.
Sorry, again, deleting the original comment because you've gone out of your way to incite anger via false claims. But the rest was good and can be seen in the quoted post. And for everyone's consideration, I've pasted the Merriam Webster definition of fascism at the bottom. While there can be a left or right extreme that rules with a fascist government, they have historically been right extreme, which is why there is an association.
I find that it's important to read this definition, then read it again, and think about who it fits.
often Fascism : a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition
A leader that places his rule above law, avoiding all government oversight, regimenting severe economic control over its citizens, and heavily regulating social standards via their rule of law? Seeking to punish all that oppose their world view? Sounds familiar actually. Saw a lot of this on the news today.
Note my edit of the quoted post. That would be allowed here. The parts I trimmed out, no, not so much. They presented debunked conspiracies as fact. We're not going to house such things here.
Umm... there is no meaningful difference between Merriam Webster definition and mine. I guess the objection was calling it "right wing"? Nationalism is inherently right wing and fascism is rooted in nationalism.
Not sure what the defense of Apple was about, I wasn't critical of Apple nor did I defend the U.K government. I simply pointed out that people using the word fascism were misapplying it. And you know what? They were.
Let me take a stab (itha_christie, my fave username here) at mansplaining why this UK effort is a) hare-brained and b) will go nowhere:
The UK cannot, and is certainly not in a position to, pass laws that OTHER COUNTRIES have to obey. Full stop.
Not sure why that was directed at me, or seemingly directed at me as I have a) voice no support for what the UK is doing and b) I think it is incredibly stupid.
Let me take a stab (itha_christie, my fave username here) at mansplaining why this UK effort is a) hare-brained and b) will go nowhere:
The UK cannot, and is certainly not in a position to, pass laws that OTHER COUNTRIES have to obey. Full stop.
Not sure why that was directed at me, or seemingly directed at me as I have a) voice no support for what the UK is doing and b) I think it is incredibly stupid.
I think he's simply agreeing with you and complimenting your username with his "let me take a stab" comment. It is a good pun.
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Not sure what the defense of Apple was about, I wasn't critical of Apple nor did I defend the U.K government. I simply pointed out that people using the word fascism were misapplying it. And you know what? They were.
The UK cannot, and is certainly not in a position to, pass laws that OTHER COUNTRIES have to obey. Full stop.