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Fiendish Thingy

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3. Will they?
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 11:02 AM
Aug 2025

Bezos, Zuckerberg, etc kissed the ring because, in the short term, they thought it would be good for business.

How is Amazon doing profit wise in Russia? Hungary? North Korea? How about Facebook?

As we see when the military invades a city, even just to pick up trash, authoritarianism is bad for business.

McDonald’s, Home Depot, Proctor and Gamble, grocery chains, farms that supply grocery chains- none of them want authoritarianism.

They don’t want authoritarianism, they just want unrestrained capitalism- two very different things,

Don’t think of Nazi Germany in the 1930’s, think of the US from 1890-1930, the Gilded Age of tariffs, robber barons, sweatshops, etc.

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Even in times of war GreenWave Aug 2025 #1
FAFO newdeal2 Aug 2025 #2
Will they? Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #3
Is there really a difference? kentuck Aug 2025 #4
Yes- read my addendum Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #5
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