TRUMP
The old guard is legitimately terrified. In America Buzzwords win elections and sell products. They know this because they forcibly changed our culture to make it so. Yet they did not think their actions through. The buzzword for the last 15-25 years in the US was JOBS. Trump said that magic word, and won. The blue wall of the midwest fell down.
Now suddenly, they are looking at a 2018 and a 2020 where the republicans could gain enough state positions and congressional positions to rewrite the constitution however they see fit. An amendment that defines marriage as a religious union between men and women? DONE. There are only two genders, xx and xy? Done. Immigration is hyper restricted to the best and brightest? DONE.
Whatever they want to do, they will be poised to do it in the next 2-4 years unless the democrats stop losing. So now they have pushed their big, liberal, heavy hitting tech companies to spend THEIR money and expand into two of America's biggest shit hole cites because they NEED those electoral college votes.
You know something is going on when they are having to spend money and acknowledge the little people.
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whisky_cat ago
Amazon recently set up a new Amazon Web Services software region in Ohio as an alternative to their very outdated and occasionally failing North Virginia region. So they already have a major data center their to support. Additionally, I suspect Amazon is targeting more cities for their many, many, local services such as: Amazon Fresh, Amazon Restaurants, Amazon Flex, Amazon Prime Now. Not every city has every one of these services yet, especially in the Midwest. Also fuck Amazon.
Microsoft in Detroit? Hadn't heard. But might be a PR stunt.
Both companies have more than enough resources to buy up media in those areas without actually operating there. In fact, it would be more of a conspiracy to prove they've already done so.
What could be better than getting "diverse" cities more aware of your products locally and indoctrinate them for life at the behest of corporate profits?