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IcyPeas

(21,899 posts) Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:27 PM Apr 2022

The richest guy on the 2021 Forbes 400 owns the Washington Post. Number 2 now owns Twitter. ....

The richest guy on the 2021 Forbes 400 owns the Washington Post. Number 2 now owns Twitter. Number 3 owns Facebook. Numbers 5 and 6 started Google. Numbers 4 and 9 started Microsoft. Number 10 owns Bloomberg. Free speech? You decide.

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The richest guy on the 2021 Forbes 400 owns the Washington Post. Number 2 now owns Twitter. .... (Original Post) IcyPeas Apr 2022 OP

Kick dalton99a Apr 2022 #1

+1000000 In It to Win It Apr 2022 #5

What troubles me is how did Bezos do it? Millions were selling books from home in 1998. bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #2

That's some very expensive speech. nt Carlitos Brigante Apr 2022 #3

As long as millions of us can post opposition to stuff we don't agree with, Hoyt Apr 2022 #4

Rachel made a good point tonight Bev54 Apr 2022 #6

And then there's newscorp. 2naSalit Apr 2022 #7

dalton99a

(81,565 posts)

1. Kick

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:29 PM

Apr 2022

In It to Win It

(8,275 posts)

5. +1000000

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:45 PM

Apr 2022

BEEN PREACHING THAT ALL DAY!

bucolic_frolic

(43,249 posts)

2. What troubles me is how did Bezos do it? Millions were selling books from home in 1998.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:39 PM

Apr 2022

He got it to go. It wasn't all just about capital. He had a growth strategy.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,501 posts)

3. That's some very expensive speech. nt

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Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:40 PM

Apr 2022

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

4. As long as millions of us can post opposition to stuff we don't agree with,

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:45 PM

Apr 2022

I’m OK.

Bev54

(10,066 posts)

6. Rachel made a good point tonight

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 09:51 PM

Apr 2022

As the government and the world are trying to go green by investing billions in electric vehicles, the main manufacturer of EV's is wasting $44 billion on buying a site for people to type 280 characters. Seems priorities are a bit screwed up here.

2naSalit

(86,742 posts)

7. And then there's newscorp.

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Mon Apr 25, 2022, 11:17 PM

Apr 2022

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