Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days 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-up1103arrow-down118
arrow-up185arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 days 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-up3·6 days 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.
Avarice
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.