"The arrival of Bezos and Soon-Shiong to 'rescue' two major American newspapers has shown us how hollow were any hopes that billionaires will or even can make a difference in today’s economic and political climate."

[philip_cardella@historians.social]

@wdlindsy Other countries REQUIRE 50% worker ownership. There's ZERO chance the workers are ok with these decisions. If they had power they'd override this "veto" of sorts.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"A problem with the very wealthy is that, alas, the least vulnerable have a tendency to think of themselves as the most vulnerable.

And from that position they harm everyone else, while proclaiming that they are simply being neutral or following business interests."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #JDVance #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #PatrickSoonShiong #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #BusinessLeaders
/10

Obeying in advance

Media billionaires ask for tyranny

(snyder.substack.com)

[philip_cardella@historians.social]

@wdlindsy As I've said today, I don't think its cowardice. The Post has consistently been the worst national daily for labor coverage in the country. It's not even really close unless I'm missing something. They mostly ignore successful strikes, they villanize union leaders.

I'm willing to bet the ONLY thing Bezos bought the paper for was to control the narrative on labor unions and this year was the best year for labor in decades. So he's gone fascist.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"But doing what Trump wants in advance only makes it more likely that Trump will have power, and only teaches him that you are easy to intimidate. You are giving the authoritarian power he would not otherwise have. The irony is that the rest of us will have to save the billionaires from their own cowardice."

#Trump #JDVance #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #PatrickSoonShiong #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #BusinessLeaders
/11

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"I immediately canceled my subscription to The Washington Post, and I’ve seen countless others do the same. I urge everyone else who values freedom of speech over tyranny, truth over lies, and hope over fear to consider canceling theirs as well. What good is a newspaper if its editors and journalists are not allowed to speak freely and honestly?"

~ Scott Dworkin

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #normalization
/12

WaPo Pulling Kamala Endorsement Previews What a Trump Dictatorship Looks Like

We won't stand for this

(www.dworkinsubstack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@philip_cardella I agree with you. I don't think he's obeying in advance and showing cowardice. I read him to be ushering in fascism.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@philip_cardella Very good points.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jamesmarshall So it seems to me.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mok0 @cruiser A good trm for it.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@dpetravick Yes, thanks for highlighting this. That point struck me, too, as I read.

[philip_cardella@historians.social]

@wdlindsy The tricky part is a LOT of oligarch types WILL obey in advance. I just don't think that Soon-Shiong and Bezos are doing that.

I just think there's too much evidence they simply prefer fascism.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@LPerry2 Thanks for that good information.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@philip_cardella Yes, I agree — that seems absolutely correct to me.

[mwmkbrady@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy @philip_cardella disagree, respectfully. It’s filthy lucre.

[mwmkbrady@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy I did.

[ebecker@alaskan.social]

@wdlindsy the Roig-Franzia and Wagner article is in the Style section

[steggy@sunny.garden]

@wdlindsy I canceled mine

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Aspiring oligarchs like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Musk’s fellow apartheid-era South African cohorts, David Sacks and Peter Thiel (who bought JD Vance’s Ohio senate seat and made sure he was Donald’s VP pick) should not have such an outsize role in our election. And they certainly shouldn’t be allowed to have positions of power in our government. But that could well be where we’re headed."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #PeterThiel #Musk
/13

The Lights Are Dimming

Evening dispatch

(www.marytrump.org)

[ramede@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy ... 'But that could well be where we’re headed."

Yes it could. There's approx 160 million voters, 85mil will vote blue (or red) and 75mil will vote red (or blue) then the electoral college will decide witch color wins.
Imagine, if you will, if the other 100 million non-voters voted Green !!!!

I know, I know ... ludicrous thinking

[mlbellar@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy

"they call it spin the yacht, Epstein taught it to me. You know he really got schlonged" - the man Bezos hopes controls the IRS while Lauren settles in