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Seeing Bezos advocate for free markers is a massive dissonance, until I remind myself that he hasn't said what they should be free of. Bezos would like to be fr
by EliRivers 2y ago
Seeing Bezos advocate for free markers is a massive dissonance, until I remind myself that he hasn't said what they should be free of. Bezos would like to be free to run competition out of town, force brutal terms on suppliers, all that sort of thing.
- archagon 2y agoWhen he says "free markets," what he means is "unrestrained oligarchy."
- EliRivers 2y agoFree from anything that stops him extracting all surplus value from consumers and suppliers both.
- tbossanova 2y ago“Free markets mean the best product always wins out. It just so happens my subsidiaries make the best product in all markets. Read about why in the Washington Post.” - Bezos, probably