Good because newspapers should not be endorsing candidates.
This is probably the most important topic here. It reveals their bias/partisonship and turns the whole newspaper into an opinion piece
Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris
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Re: Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris
#92Related:
The Washington Post says it will not endorse a candidate for president
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I actually agree with you, newspapers really shouldn't be doing this. Our major local paper in the Twin Cities basically torched its reputation by endorsing wildly unqualified candidates for city offices (like, one guy they endorsed for Minneapolis city council didn't even live in Minneapolis). They recently decided to stop doing endorsements at all, which I think is the right decision. But that's not what happened h…
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I would argue that endorsement while currently normalised, is not normal.
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#95More interesting to me is that this is the third tech billionaire to take a decidedly different stance than he did previously. Musk is quite active, but even Zuckerberg took a much more neutral stance for 2024. Honestly I'm more surprised that Bezos even bothered. Does he really think the endorsement of The Washington Post editorial board is so significant that it's worth intervening? That seems implausible.
Thats because of the calculation:
- Endorse Harris and Trump wins, Trump will seek revenge on Bezos and Amazon (he tried this in the first term)
- Endorse Trump and Harris wins, Harris will not act outside the bounds of a normal government official
This is capitulation to the perceived threats of a Trump presidency and is very bad.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
You understand that anti-trust and regulations exist to support capitalism right? You understand that that is why those things exist right? Because absent those comments you don't get capitalism, because absent those things you don't have a free market
If you think a free market is a requirement for capitalism then by definition sure. If you think it is about the distribution of ownership over capital then the free market doesn't matter. Many political scientists refer to the economic model of the USSR as "State Capitalism" because the state owns the means of production. Would you rather I use a word like "Cronyism" to specify private ownership of capital without f…
Yeah, that's reasonable lets go for that, so given statements to the effect of
A) Ending democracy
vs
B) Ending cronyism
Regardless of how effective you may think they would be at that goal, would you pick (A) over (B)?
Re: Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris
#97It makes sense in so much as "it's a risk to our business to endorse Harris because of the risk of falling afoul of Trump's vindictive nature should he win." From a fiduciary standpoint, I agree with that assessment. From the standpoint of a citizen, I find the implication alarming. I do believe that this is the reasoning behind the decision, but it is certainly speculation on my part.
A newspaper that succumbs to fear of reprisal fails completely in its principal duty and becomes little more than a propaganda rag.
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#98"Democracy dies in darkness" and silence, apparently.
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Which candidate was deemed a fascist by over a dozen members of his own administration?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/13-former-tru...
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He is, unfortunately, a clear favourite to win. You don't have to have uber-intel to know that.
clear favorite or coin toss.
Clear favourite. It might be a toin coss still at this moment, but the odds are getting ever-so-slightly worse for Kamala for many days in a row now. So it's about the trend.
On top of that, the growth of the blue firewall in PA is losing steam too early...
Re: Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris
#100Actively making the Democrats chance of winning less likely for your own personal interests is shortsighted. Jeff still needs customers, he needs a sane society where his businesses can operate from ? Sorry but the leader of the Republican Party is completely unhinged. Bezos might get away with a tax break or avoid some other legal scrutiny or even Trumps gestapo hit squad,but wow, you’re giving up a lot for a little…
> he needs a sane society where his businesses can operate from ?
As someone from Eastern Europe I do not think that any oligarch really needs this.