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Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing ‘free speech and free markets’
(www.theverge.com)
Write an opinion piece to tell him to fuck off.
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2025
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No, it was PERSONAL LIBERTIES and free markets. As in "I'm free to do anything I can afford to do." No matter how perverse or harmful to others.
Somehow I think he wouldn't react kindly to a slew of Opinion pieces on Trans Rights and abortion access being prime examples of Personal Liberties, or canceling one's WaPo subscription being an effective use of the Free Market.
nothing says "free speech" like muzzling journalists
So I'm assuming that, like the rest of the broligarchy, what he actually means by "free speech" is right-wing authoritarianism exclusively and what he actually means by "free markets" is monopolistic corporate capitalism.
Damn we really had all the eggs in one basket for that inauguration
One well placed inconvenient device could have done so much good for the world.
Jeff in Elon such good Nazi buddies.
the scrotum pelican advertises his fragility and love to throat shriveled fascist dick. so brave