I know I've been guilty of referring to what's happening right now with companies like #amazon, #meta, #target, etc. as them being cowed by #trump and bowing to his demands and upon reflection I realize how wrong that is. It excuses them, paints them as victims who are merely cowardly when they're actually willing accomplices and this is absolutely what they wanted in the first place.
Since I see a lot of folks other than me referring to all this as "bending the knee" I realized I'm not the only one who is tacitly giving companies an out. These companies aren't just complicit, they're the ones driving for the end to these improvements and they should be held just as accountable as the #republicans for what's being done.