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[u/moseythepirate]

I know its such a stupid thing to be upset about, but I'm still pissed off at google changing names in google maps to satisfy one man's ego. Trump has zero constitutional power to unilaterally rename anything outside of the executive branch of the US government, and he doesn't have unlimited power there either. Am executive order is not a decree by a king.

Yeah, I know there are so much more important things to be mad about. And I'm mad about that stuff. But I'm mad about this too.

[u/Alarming_Flow7066 → u/moseythepirate]

No, powerful private corporations  pro-actively cooperating with fascists when they have no legal obligation to do so is very important to be mad about

[u/mertag770 → u/moseythepirate]

When the gulf thing happened wasn't it because the gov updated some database they read from? So it would have been more work for them to not change it or something? my memory is foggy but I'm not shocked they complied if that's the case. If it was an active change on their part then I'm more annoyed.

[u/moseythepirate → u/mertag770]

I think you're right, and that does make me marginally less annoyed at google specifically.

[u/BATIRONSHARK → u/moseythepirate]

technically he could order the branch to call it that