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At this scale, it's not about material wealth. It's about power. The issue is not that Jeff Bezos can buy an yacht and you can only buy an used RV for your wee
by rglullis 8mo ago
At this scale, it's not about material wealth. It's about power.
The issue is not that Jeff Bezos can buy an yacht and you can only buy an used RV for your weekend trips. The issue is that Jeff Bezos can buy a whole newspaper to shape public opinion and decide what laws get passed, and you can do nothing more than write a blog post about it.
- altern8 8mo agoSure, but the website focuses on material wealth.
- kasey_junk 8mo agoAnd yet someone much less rich than him has him kowtowing and has caused him to nueter that paper. If the last year has shown me anything, it’s moneys not all it’s cracked up to be on the power front.
- rglullis 8mo ago> And yet someone much less rich than him But with a lot more power than him. (At least for the moment)
- dudefeliciano 8mo agoand a dead guy with much less money and power that the guy you are referring to is still influencing his decisions