Elvis Presley served in the Army after he was drafted, and in American history it was common for celebrities to serve their country during times of national crisis. Noblesse oblige, or the duty the noble and rich owed to society, arouse perhaps out of morality or maybe simple self-preservation. If you’re getting while the getting is good, giving something back goes a long way to avoid class resentment.
Those thoughts were perhaps on Trump’s mind (or more likely his instinct) when he announced that Google was taking massive action to help America fight the coronavirus.
Google at first pushed back at the suggestion that it, a nearly trillion dollar mega-corporation, actually doing something to help the users it profits from.
Why should Google help save lives? Why should Google do anything other than operate as an amoral, blood-sucking corporation that violates user privacy and exploits children?
The media bros were quick to rush to save Google. Poor Google! They were being bullied by the ORANGE MAN BAD.
Google’s media errand boys like Jake Tapper and others were quick to publish stories attacking Trump for suggesting that Google actually do something.
Some like your humble correspondent Mike Cernovich saw right away was Trump was doing.
Trump just drafted Google to help save America from coronavirus https://t.co/a4Xj6Nq5At
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 14, 2020
Trump was drafting Google into the war against coronavirus.
Google, whatever its motivations, answered the draft.
“We are fully aligned and continue to work with the US Government to contain the spread of COVID-19, inform citizens, and protect the health of our communities. (1/6) https://t.co/eI1uXra6AB
— Google Communications (@Google_Comms) March 15, 2020
Public pressure must intensify.
The corporations make billions of dollars a day by spying on users.
The least they can do is use that data to find out where coronavirus hot spots are, share that information with the CDC, and get information shared with the sick.
I told you they had the goods
Trump knew what he was doing
Google got that big data and they are going to help fight coronavirus 🇺🇸 https://t.co/KXrNKp9vFN
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 15, 2020
Google tracks all searches locally.
The could find coronavirus hot spots by triangulating searches related to symptoms of coronavirus + location.
Literally this is easy for Google, it’s what they do to sell you commercial products.
Google hates you. https://t.co/88kFuHZbBj
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 15, 2020
You dumb Google boot lickers.
They already stole our data. They have it all.
At least now they can use it to save lives rather than only monetize it.
Trump’s “lie” about Google was 💯 the right move here.
Let’s put these companies to work FOR AMERICA for a change.
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 14, 2020
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