One of the things I’m most going to take away from the Trump era...

Posted on August 30, 2026 at 11:11:36 AM by Pal

User on twitter...."One of the things I’m most going to take away from the Trump era is how many people and institutions and corporations don’t actually stand for anything and will capitulate to bad people at a moments notice when having principles is even slightly inconvenient to them."

100%--IMO this is the difference between the US and other countries that have had this problem. Our corporations and institutions just rolled right the fuck over. Capitalism at its finest.

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Google Maps has now capitulated to Donald Trump and changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. @meidiastouch* - By Cincywolve August 30, 2026 at 08:15:16 AM
- One of the things I’m most going to take away from the Trump era... - By Pal August 30, 2026 at 11:11:36 AM
- Went ahead and removed that app from my phone. * - By Krypto August 30, 2026 at 09:03:20 AM
  - I can't delete from my android, but I disabled and found another app* - By el fuego August 30, 2026 at 09:29:53 AM
  - They pull data from a federal data set (or whatever government sets exist in different countries). Obviously they could change data sets or do a federal plus we deviate on a few but they didn’t update anything* - By harbaughdyssey August 30, 2026 at 09:14:34 AM
    - That's an excuse. They program the software and don't have to capitulate. * - By Krypto August 30, 2026 at 11:17:28 AM
    - sure but Mapquest and Apple do not show Lake of America. * - By Cincywolve August 30, 2026 at 09:18:34 AM
      - Mapquest trolling… - By Cincywolve August 30, 2026 at 09:44:44 AM
- unreal - By el fuego August 30, 2026 at 08:28:36 AM
  - Staff in the whitehouse likely spending their weekend threatening executives at companies with federal repercussions that will damage shareholder value* - By Cincywolve August 30, 2026 at 09:03:19 AM

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One of the things I’m most going to take away from the Trump era...