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Be smarter to just back a political movement, but that would actually work, and diminish Bezos's own power.

• legitster 7y ago
  I don't understand this. Backing a political movement is probably the worst thing he could do. He's completely distrusted politically, and polls terribly with the general public. He would only taint any movement he backed.
  • loceng 7y ago
    If he had backed (now suspended) Presidential candidate Andrew Yang early enough he could have aligned himself with Yang's message: highlighting too that Amazon paid $0 in taxes + is closing 30% of malls, etc. - which would be him acknowledging and responding to the issues at hand that Yang; allowing him to acknowledge the current system's structure - that all companies including Jeff's - must compete within, but that it's ultimately a problem for society (even if it's good for the economy/GDP).
  • viburnum 7y ago
    Nobody trusts or likes oil companies or drug companies or media monopolies either but they are extremely successful at achieving their political goals.
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