Rule #1: Do Not Obey in Advance <- from a recent Asha Rangappa post on substack.
Based on the WaPo thing, I'd say Bezos is afraid of Trump. Like Cohn, Trump is bigly into retribution. Tech bros in general (with a few exceptions) are positioning themselves to be ready for a Trump administration. Tech bros who have earlier said they detest …
Rule #1: Do Not Obey in Advance <- from a recent Asha Rangappa post on substack.
Based on the WaPo thing, I'd say Bezos is afraid of Trump. Like Cohn, Trump is bigly into retribution. Tech bros in general (with a few exceptions) are positioning themselves to be ready for a Trump administration. Tech bros who have earlier said they detest Trump are giving his campaign/PACs millions - not because they want him to be president, but because they don't want to be at a commercial, legal and regulatory disadvantage if he becomes president. Based on Tim Miller's interviews, some of these guys would probably be happier with a Harris presidency, but feel some need to buy protection from the Trump racket.
Of course, Trump is not the real issue. He could (and would) do very little by himself (he doesn't like to get his hands dirty). He relies on fixers and on opportunists who share his transactional nature - these people enable him. And at the political level, he relies on tens of millions of American voters who think a Trump presidency is a good idea - or perhaps better than a Harris presidency, often basing their opinions on exaggerations, distortions and lies.
Rule #1: Do Not Obey in Advance <- from a recent Asha Rangappa post on substack.
Based on the WaPo thing, I'd say Bezos is afraid of Trump. Like Cohn, Trump is bigly into retribution. Tech bros in general (with a few exceptions) are positioning themselves to be ready for a Trump administration. Tech bros who have earlier said they detest Trump are giving his campaign/PACs millions - not because they want him to be president, but because they don't want to be at a commercial, legal and regulatory disadvantage if he becomes president. Based on Tim Miller's interviews, some of these guys would probably be happier with a Harris presidency, but feel some need to buy protection from the Trump racket.
Of course, Trump is not the real issue. He could (and would) do very little by himself (he doesn't like to get his hands dirty). He relies on fixers and on opportunists who share his transactional nature - these people enable him. And at the political level, he relies on tens of millions of American voters who think a Trump presidency is a good idea - or perhaps better than a Harris presidency, often basing their opinions on exaggerations, distortions and lies.