[supernova87a]

What does it matter that Amazon in particular is the one buying out these politicians? Someone would do it. They're a big enough company that the left hand probably doesn't know what the right hand is doing anyway.

And the most evil company in the world telling you to regulate it ought to give you some pause that maybe you really should think about doing that, don't you think?

[ericd]

How do you figure that Amazon is the most evil company in the world? Like, more than companies whose main products literally kill the users (Altria/Phillip Morris)? The companies that develop ICBMs? Or energy companies that create false narratives to confuse the conversation around climate change? Which frankly has a non-zero chance of being the cause of a new dark age.

Am I misunderstanding what you’re saying?

[supernova87a]

I'm just using that word as hyperbole. If the person above thinks that Amazon is so bad for lobbying congresspeople, wouldn't Amazon itself saying it needs to be regulated deserve some serious consideration?

[ericd]

Gotcha, mea culpa. Sometimes it seems like the internet really does think that unironically.

Yeah, I think it deserves some thought.

[spectramax]

I would argue that ICBMs are a peaceful weapon. Look up nuclear deterrence.