Ex-Washington Post Editor Robert Kagan: This Is a Straight Jeff Bezos-Donald Trump Quid Pro Quo

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  3. Of course it was. However, let’s not pretend this is new. The rich elites have always done shit like this because they use the government to get rich.   

     Musk was all about the democrats to build his electric car company and used them for money. But now he wants to go to space. The only way to get that government money is through defense and that is the owned by the Republicans.    

     Most elites have no political allegiance. They only care about money and power. If it looks like trump might win, then they will do what they can to keep power. They do not give a shit. The lack of morals and compassion, is why this fucker has all that money. He fucking put trackers on his workers so they don’t take to long too take a piss. Of course he is a morally bankrupt piece of shit.

  4. The post is officially not a news publication anymore. Hasn’t really been for a while but they can’t pretend now.

  5. The big problem here is that this quid pro quo is about journalistic integrity and freedom of the press.

    It’s such a cornerstone of our democracy that the US State Department talks about it:
    https://it.usembassy.gov/why-freedom-of-the-press-is-important/#:~:text=Freedom%20of%20the%20press%20is%20an%20essential%20right%20in%20the,balance%20of%20power%20in%20government

    Here a candidate running for President of the United States caused the owner of the newspaper that broke the Watergate scandal to pull their endorsement.

    The candidate and the owner of the Washington Post broke the First Ammendment.

    That’s a really big deal.

  6. Replace Trump with Hitler or Stalin or whomever.
    Replace bezo’s businesses with IBM, GE etc.

    Same thing just different eras.

    When “strong men” come marching the grifters will tap into it so they can even hedge more money.

    It is a win win for them and history has shown people forget all about it sooner than later.

    We can claim this time will be different, but it won’t.

    The Rockefeller story is the exception not the rule when it comes to wealth taking advantage of strong arm tactics.

  7. **(14) Defining Characteristics Of Fascism:**

    – (6) Controlled Mass Media – Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

    – (9) Corporate Power is Protected – The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

    – (13) Rampant Cronyism and Corruption – Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability.

  8. If Trump wins the White House through the SC and begins his televised public hangings Jeff Bezos will be the only one I nervously laugh at.

  9. What I just find hard to grasp is, what does Bezos even get out of more money/power? Is there anything out of reach for him right now? What does he personally gain that’s so valuable that it’s worth harming the entire world for?

    The minds and greed of the ultra wealthy are like an alien species.

  10. All of my childhood as a reader of sci fi if I occasionally wondered how much of a fight AmErica would put up if a real nazi threat showed up again .

    It turns out we’re barely batting an eye.

  12. Let’s fucking cost that fucker more than he’d figure to make from the quid pro quo. Christmas shopping is only beginning, fuck Amazon and do that shit somewhere else.

  13. Anyone else feel like Musk and Bezos are competing to be a real-life Bond villain?

  15. I think it’s time we get rid of billionaires, because they do nothing but hurt society for their own selfish greed.

  16. Where are all the outraged conservatives over a platform silencing specific kinds of voices?

    Oh, wait. 

  17. CNN, New York Times, and now the Washington Post.

    Liberal Bastions have been purchased and perverted by Trump’s Oligarchs.

    They should take note of how Putin treated his own Oligarchs to see their future.

  18. The oligarchy is nearing the phase where they just flaunt it, knowing there’s nothing we can do.

  19. If there was ever proof that no amount of money is enough for these psychos this has to be it. Bezos is so fucking rich in the wealthiest period of human history and it’s still not enough for him. He can do literally anything humanly possible including taking a luxury trip to space just for shits and giggles and it’s not enough for him. He is truly broken as a person and have zero power over the direction of society. Unfortunately the supreme court has ruled that his money is equal to our votes

  20. The US is on track to become Russia. Just look at Putin and what he did with the oligarchs. Musk wants to be Abramowitsch.

  21. > Bezos knows first hand the consequences of criticizing the former president. The Post’s 2016 endorsement of Hillary Clinton is widely thought to have led to him losing out on a $10 billion cloud computing defense contract awarded by the Trump administration.

    I would’ve thought that would be all the more reason to work against a second Trump term. Bezos is a coward.

  22. When the richest men in the world are terrified of being seen as disloyal to a Trump presidency, imagine how a regular person will be effed over….

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