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They have to, otherwise their big competitors will dominate. It's how the garchy works there. The US needs a legal reset, but only when Trump is out and people are more educated or disconnected from social media.
They're just dogpiling on the same things that all those other technofaschist companies are already lobbying for (and thus would also inadvertently benefit from), which AMD absolutely does not need to do. They would still be extremely profitable if AI was more regulated.
They're donating directly to MAGA Inc., that'd be like donating to the Nazi party because they 'had' to 'stay competitive'
Companies can, if they have any morals or ethics whatsoever, choose not to directly fund Fascists, that is ALWAYS an option. They are choosing increased profits at the expense of us all, and the deaths of the marginalized targeted by the current regime.
AMD is publicly traded. It has to satify the investors. If there are no left leaning investors, then it will have to satisfy the right-leaning, fascist ones. For them, it's only good business. As shitty as it may be, for them, profitable isn't enough. Line always has to go up. Going against the US nazi party means line goes down, investors unhappy.
For consumers in this space, there aren't many options, unfortunately. Either it's the US elite with its fascist ties you're funding, or the Chinese elite with its "communist" party. The only real thing to do is consume as little as possible. But that would mean having to deal with the real world for too many people and they need to escape, which means consumption.
That's how the world works.
No one "has" to. Someone(s) decided to do it. We only rewards collaborators (see how the German industry is built atop 30 million corpses), but that doesn't mean we should forget about the ones who fought.
Schindler could have created an empire à la Naziwagen, but he didn't. Well, AMD chose their side in this battle, and it's not a good looking one
Wow, wait there a sec; what a set of requirements. Trump out, people educated... What else? Warp-engines invented and frogs got civil rights?
Never going to happen :)
Frog civil rights are just around the corner, the movement is stronger than ever!
French: Revolutionnaire? Bon appetit!
I admit, I was a little dreamy :D