Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing ‘free speech and free markets’
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Man who censored editorials claims to support free speech.
You’re free to say anything you want so long as you don’t want to say something against the ruling class.
Irony so dense it throws off navigational equipment.
Nothing says free speech better than banning certain topics.
Democracy dies in dumbness
Democracy and Capitalism cannot coexist equally. Capital will always win.
Free speech as long as you say what I want you to say.
"Free speech" = fascist speech. "Free markets" = monopolistic megacorporations.
The free markets owned by the rich?
Has the Post — or any American newspaper — ever published an editorial against "personal liberties and free markets"?
So the WAPO goes full libertarian. It's just a further enshittification of a newspaper that was once pretty good ... but that was a long, long time ago.
No-one has ever explained hypocrisy to this man.
It's at least kind of notable that we seem to be losing a lot of the ones that pretended to be on our side.
These fucking people.
"People".
Why has the entire staff of the WaPo not walked out? With this, it's solidifying itself as a right wing publication.
The piggies are getting scared
"You are free to say what you want and express your opinion. Just not publicly or privately, or thinking it to yourself."
Why did so many of them read 1984 like a manual and not warning?
Money.
Love that pic. Say hello to the new oligarchy, same as the old oligarchy.
Zuckerberg looks like someone just farted in his USB regarding slot.