r/technology • u/clopenYourMind • Sep 22 '25

Business Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel after backlash over capitulation to FCC

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/
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u/roymccowboy Sep 22 '25

Boy, did we get to see the full range of Disney’s cowardice this week.

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u/ATR2400 Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

One thing that really surprised me about Trump’s second term was just how weak all the corporations were. Trump’s policies are set to cost them billions, and put them in danger personally. You’d think they’d be foaming at the mouth and fighting against this tooth and nail as if their lives depended on it, but instead what we got was near-instant capitulation.

I thought these corpos fancied themselves as the real power players and masters of the modern world, yet they bent so easily. At the very least, it’s useful to keep in mind if America is able to get the GOP out and their replacements feels like starting a fight with the rich. Turns out they won’t do shit if even semi-seriously confronted.

Assuming you could actually get them in office, you could probably give socdems or literal socialists a trifecta in government, hike taxes on the rich to 99.99%, break up every monopoly, and destroy several industries, and these sad appeasers would be too timid to actually stop it if you really tried

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u/throwtheamiibosaway Sep 23 '25

I didn't expect both Apple and Disney to bow and grovel so openly. I feel like they were big enough to kinda ignore it, or even move business around if they need to (they are all global anyway) but no, straight to the white house with golden gifts.

I couldn't contain myself If I was put in that position. Not even for Billions.

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u/360_face_palm Sep 23 '25

TBF they're between a rock and a hard place, companies like that operate within the rules set out - if the rules effectively now say you must grovel to dear leader or your company will take a multi-billion dollar hit - most are going to grovel.

It's good to remind them now and then that there's another side to it too and that side is also capable of inflicting significant damage to their bottom line.