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Watch the oligarchs move into their new roles. Jeff Bezos started out selling books. Now he's a multi-billionaire. He bought one of the best newspapers in the US: the Washington Post. But Trump publicly threatened his business, and Bezos is willing to suck up to Trump to stay out of trouble. So now he has decreed that the opinion section of the Post can only publish opinions in support of "free markets" and "personal liberties"... not against Trump.
But he's not really in favor of free markets: Amazon is a monopoly and exploits that power to the hilt.
And he's not really in favor of personal liberties: for example, Amazon forced their drivers to urinate in bottles and defecate in bags:
Bezos' notion of personal liberty is "freedom for me to be an oligarch... accountable only to the authoritarian boss." He acted liberal only when it didn't hurt his bottom line.
We cancelled our Washington Post subscription today.
@johncarlosbaez At least he seems to be stating clearly what opinions will be allowed/forbidden. I guess that's better than pretending to be unbiased. :-)
I mean, I read "first things" which is very right leaning... but that's exactly what they claim to be.
But yeah, if you don't want to hear these viewpoints without any counter points then it's time to unsubscribe. (I don't read the Washington Post in the first place. )
@poleguy - the Washington Post has been a great source of news about the US government: lots of details it's hard to find elsewhere.