I used to enjoy The Post. I used to do 90% of my non grocery shopping on Amazon. I am now getting my news from independent sources (The Bulwark, a variety of podcasts, and Substacks). I have gone back to paying more and doing 97% of my shopping locally and in person. I would like to find another electronic way to buy/read books so I haven't given up my Kindle, yet.
Bezos is a flawed man. He built a wildly successful company and has it all. Yet, he chooses to support a malignant, deranged narcissist and destructive, know-it-all oligarchs. For his kind, there is never enough.
This post highlights what has always puzzled me about Bezos and his bending the knee: He is so freaking rich, he could tell Trump to stuff it, and he would still be freaking rich. Why the gutlessness? Why the fear? I have to conclude it is because for Bezos, no amount of money is ever enough. And so he keeps on doing everything he can to make more, more, more. Like any greedy, grasping person would do. I refuse to patronize his businesses any more. I wish I could avoid websites that use AWS, but that's pretty much impossible. Maybe some day Bezos will watch "A Christmas Carol" and realize that he is exactly what Ebenezer Scrooge had become before the Spirits visited him. But I doubt it.
I used to enjoy The Post. I used to do 90% of my non grocery shopping on Amazon. I am now getting my news from independent sources (The Bulwark, a variety of podcasts, and Substacks). I have gone back to paying more and doing 97% of my shopping locally and in person. I would like to find another electronic way to buy/read books so I haven't given up my Kindle, yet.
Great that you found local alternatives. Check your local library! My area's library system has e-books, audio books, and more FOR FREE!
Girl same
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Bezos is a flawed man. He built a wildly successful company and has it all. Yet, he chooses to support a malignant, deranged narcissist and destructive, know-it-all oligarchs. For his kind, there is never enough.
This post highlights what has always puzzled me about Bezos and his bending the knee: He is so freaking rich, he could tell Trump to stuff it, and he would still be freaking rich. Why the gutlessness? Why the fear? I have to conclude it is because for Bezos, no amount of money is ever enough. And so he keeps on doing everything he can to make more, more, more. Like any greedy, grasping person would do. I refuse to patronize his businesses any more. I wish I could avoid websites that use AWS, but that's pretty much impossible. Maybe some day Bezos will watch "A Christmas Carol" and realize that he is exactly what Ebenezer Scrooge had become before the Spirits visited him. But I doubt it.
Demonstrations in Venice forced him to move his wedding venue. Voices have power!
That's why we need Home of the Brave. Oligarchs can be influenced if you hit them where the $$ is.
His wedding in Venice is disgusting. I can think of at least a dozen better ways that would improve lives than this.
Dr evil. Only uglier
Did he marry her because he can't swim? Think about it.
I appreciate his ex-wife. That is another stupid decision Jeff Bezo has made.