First of all, allow me to apologize for the long absence from this blog for those who read it and hopefully enjoy it. With the advent of a new administration here in the US, the topics I want to cover seem to come hard and fast and it gets overwhelming as I try to sift through everything. I have ideas for no less than about 20 posts since last month, and picking the best ones has been a chore. I will endeavor to be more active though, because if you’re here, you’re interested in what I have to say. Allow me to dive right into what’s prescient on my mind today.
Jeff Bezos is a sociopath.
Now that is my opinion. I am not a doctor. I have no medical training. I am a Communications expert, which obviously doesn’t entitle me to label him officially as anything of the sort. A piss poor communicator? Well I can easily make that case for him. But let me talk about what has driven me to this point of view, and maybe you’ll agree. I have been following much of what he has been doing for some time, and I admit originally the reasoning was because I grew up reading comics. A lot of comics.
Now you may ask what that has to do with me keeping tabs on Jeff Bezos. A valid question, to be sure. The reason it’s connected is because he looks like Lex Luthor, the arch-rival of Superman for decades. And if you look at the two side by side, I’m sure you’d agree. I admit it’s not the most logical reason, but it’s a reason. Now Lex Luthor is inherently evil. Do I think Bezos is evil? No. Like I said, I just think he’s a sociopath. That shouldn’t preclude either of us from disliking him though.
But he doesn’t just suffer from that, he’s also a billionaire. I wouldn’t necessarily call that something you suffer from, but in my research, the two conditions tend to go hand-in-hand in many instances. When a person has more money than they can spend in 10 lifetimes, it becomes very easy to get detached from reality. Very few people know what that feels like, after all. Also hand-in-hand with those two categories of people is not giving a damn about anything other than what affects your bank account. At some point in this amassed wealth, all that counts is your wealth and your desires. Everyone else who isn’t on that same level with you is beneath you. That’s certainly how Bezos acts. Allow me to provide some examples, because if you know me, you know I always have my receipts.
Let’s start with February 2022 where he really wanted to sail his luxury yacht through Rotterdam. But unfortunately for him, there was this pesky bridge that was deterring him from being able to do that. I’m referring to the Koningshaven Bridge, which was built in 1927, making it nearly a century in age. But that darn bridge was getting in the way of his yacht, so he paid to have it dismantled so he could sail through. Because there’s nowhere else to sail a luxury yacht that’s egregious in size. Nope, nowhere else on this big blue marble to sail but right there where that bridge stood in the Netherlands for nearly a century.
I mentioned that the new administration in this country has overwhelmed me with new topics to discuss. Let’s talk about the fact that he was so worried about his wealth that he couldn’t wait to kiss the ring of the incoming President. He, along with fellow billionaires and possibly sociopaths, funneled large sums to an inauguration fund. He couldn’t wait to show his fealty to one person who could wreck his fortune if he didn’t. That might be the best part of this administration, if I’m honest. He terrifies billionaires, and they prostrate themselves before him in hopes his decisions won’t take money out of their pockets. He wasn’t alone in this effort. All I’m saying is he couldn’t wait to kiss the ring, but I’m not sure it was one on his finger.
To further prove my point, he wouldn’t allow even an editorial cartoonist’s drawing in his newspaper, the Washington Post. Not just any random cartoonist either. I’m referring to a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist by the name of Ann Telnaes. Her cartoon showing him and other billionaires offering their money to a statue of the current President wasn’t going to work for our billionaire in question. After all, this might offend Dear Leader, and in turn, cost him a dollar or two of the $175 billion (or thereabouts) he’s currently worth. As a result, Ms. Telnaes quit and I applaud her for doing so. One of these two people has morals and dignity, the other is a terrified sociopath. (Again, in my opinion.)
Speaking of the Washington Post, he also killed an endorsement for Kamala Harris that was forthcoming. Why? Well you can believe the spin from Will Lewis, Murdochian editor that he is. Or you can believe the truth everyone else sees that isn’t being paid. Bezos didn’t want to offend the possible next President of the United States. What did that result in for his paper? The loss of over 200,000 subscribers. But he’s a billionaire, so who cares about that? The paper is his toy, his plaything, and now his more and more disgraced news source. That equated to about 8% of the paid circulation of the paper. But he can afford it, and he only cares about himself and his desires, as I noted earlier.
Democracy dies in darkness, indeed. But we’re not done there. Look at the most recent news out of the Post, where no one is now allowed to have opinions outside of “free markets” and “personal liberties” in the op-ed section of the Post. Why? Well writing anything beyond that might hurt his figurative new daddy. If you have a dissenting opinion on the new administration, you just keep your mouth shut over at the Post because Lex..er…Bezos has to protect his cash. Don’t ya know? As a result, another member of the staff quit. Much like Ms. Telnaes, it’s refreshing to see scruples still exist.
This all brings me back to my original point. As detached from reality as most billionaires can be, Jeff is a special case because he owns what used to be a trusted news source. I certainly haven’t subscribed to or read the Post in ages, but that’s beside the point. Now it’s his paper, he can drive it into the ground if he wants. But it speaks to the point that he only cares about himself and his money. I will give his former wife credit though for actually doing good with her money, to which I applaud her. Living proof that morals are not sexually transmitted.
Sociopaths are only interested in what benefits them, and they will use any means at their disposal to achieve their wants and desires. Bezos has shown this again and again through his actions over the years. Now what can we do? Not much, unfortunately. The benefit of all this is that we know for sure who we’re dealing with, and what kind of mental makeup he has. The motto “It’s all about me!” seems to fit very well. When people tell you who they are, believe them.
I’m positive we’ll see far more examples of this, and I can assure you there are even more than just the ones I’ve covered in this blog. We need more people like his former wife. We need more people with the cash AND scruples to combat individuals like him in a public forum. I have nowhere near the means to challenge him other than through this little soapbox I’ve been shouting from in recent months. And I will continue to do so against people like him. Wealth doesn’t impress me. It doesn’t awe me. And unlike Lex there, you nor I should ever lower ourselves to kiss any ring.
In his case, at least he could afford the tissues to wipe his mouth after the hidden ring he seems to be smooching.
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