| it IS political to claim an issue is not political | |
| it IS NOT political to claim an issue is not political | |
| it depends on the issue: some issues really aren't political, in which case, it is not political to claim that issue is not political | |
| don't know | |
| don't want to say | |
| I just feel the need to vote in every vote I come across | |
| answer in the comments | |
| answer in a 20,000 word blog post (link in comments) |
I just want to point out I started typing this questionnaire before https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-response-trump-relationship-criticism-2026-3 went live, and timestamps have us within 10 minutes of each other. I had not seen that and this wasn't a take on that.
But having posted, giving my feed a quick scroll, I just saw that article's headline (haven't read it proper).
Coincidence!
Sign of the times that it's that much of A Thing!
"I'm not a political person on either side," Cook said. "I'm not political."
That... that's not what political means. That's what partisan means.
Tim Cook isn't stupid. He knows what words mean. Saying that, like that, is talking like a politician - lying softly or misleading without stating an obvious falsehood.
He's being a snake in plain sight:
"What I do is I interact on policy, not politics," Cook [said]
But politics is literally policy-making. That's... that's what they do. They don't do enforcement, they don't do labour, they just decide on the rules. That's literally the job.
"If you looked at your iPhone today, the front cover and the back cover, all of that glass will be coming out of Kentucky by the end of this year,"
Moving manufacturing to the USA is a political choice at the same time as being a business choice!
getting a lot of mileage out of 
today
There's nothing more extremist - literally nothing - in our world than being "apolitical".
@Fishercat How do you define "is"? 
Please use the broadest definition for the purpose of this inquiry..If you can think of a way that something might be "an issue" then it qualifies for the set.
@Fishercat Yes, I posted it with more lighthearted intent before seeing the highly relevant news, and should've chosen a better word or phrase, not included quite so much noise in the answer set, and so on.
I made mistakes!
LOL! "Politically neutral"! What a mental babies these business people are.
@tomjennings Also
Cook personally donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee in January 2025
from that same article, which seems kinda partisan AND political???
Oh, those must have been dusty old non-political dollars from the Olden Dayes.
@datum ever
fuck off, Tim Cook. 'not political' = fascist appeaser
You are either ant-fascist, or you're not
Cook / Apple are part of the #ACO (*Anarcho-Capitalist Oligarchy). & he has clearly prioritized profits over people
#TimCook is a #FascistAppeaser
@datum to elaborate on #1: there are issues that are not political, but as soon as someone says "it's not political" the discussion is definitely political whether or not it was before they said it.
(you might even call this "the political game"...)
Everything is political.
When someone decides to be “apolitical,” that is a political decision to let others dictate their life.
There is no such thing as an apolitical CEO, since he must constantly influence politics in the company’s best interest.
Therefore, Tim Cook is lying for political reasons when he describes himself as apolitical.
datum (n=1)
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can everything be outside now?