These guys can hear the music. They’ve seen the sides being chosen: Elon Musk and Peter Theil assembling with Trump’s gangster government in waiting. They see Mark Zuckerberg praising Trump as a “badass.” And now they see Bezos getting in line, too.
What’s remarkable is that Trump didn’t have to arrest Bezos to secure his compliance. Trump didn’t even have to win the election. Just the fact that he has an even-money chance to become president was threat enough.
Or maybe that’s not remarkable. One of Timothy Snyder’s rules for resisting authoritarians is that “most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.” People surrender preemptively much more often than you might expect.
Two weeks ago, Ian Bassin and Maximillian Potter wrote what might be the most prophetic essay of the year. They warned about “anticipatory obedience” in the media.
Seventeen days later, Bezos made his demonstration.
To think most of this power is largely based on everyone not deleting an app.
The world’s richest people will subject us to tyrants so they get tax breaks.
Pass it on.
The world’s richest people are the tyrants.
We are the only fucking guardrails.
Also, I should check Amazon for a guillotine.
Gonna go search for one just to send the message.
While I have no answers, this is exactly what we should expect when business owners control media.
Everyone should read the story of how the Spanish American War started. Newspapers need reform.
What a fucking asshole Bezos is.
He would supply the concertina wire and supplies for “re-education” camps if given the opportunity.
What a fucking coward Bezos is.
What a fucking dork Bezos is.
What a fucking Bezos Bezos is.
This is the best post on the issue. We must all offer our teen girls up for a good grope to diaper don, before election, less he declare us “the enemy within”. If Bezos is afraid, what chance do we have?
Well I’m not a punk ass bitch like Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, etc. I am the mother fucking enemy within though. Trump can have my allegiance when I’m dead.
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