[the_third_wave]

> I don't have to agree with the man's recent decisions around Twitter or politics to credit his past accomplishments

If Musk had been a "good leftie" he would have been carried on arms both here as well as in the media because of his work in furthering the electrification of transport. Bezos does play that role and as such is not targeted like Musk is even though his companies have had a detrimental effect on retail employment opportunities, even though working conditions in Amazon warehouses are know to be less than optimal. It is also why there is no criticism on Bezos buying the Washington Post since he runs it as a "good leftie" would.

Here's a thought experiment: Imagine Musk buying the New York Times and changing the editorial board to use it as a counterweight to Bezos' WaPo. He'd bring back the likes of Bari Weiss, get rid of the identity politics crowd and see to it that the clear left-wing bias the NYT has been burdened with is would be undone. All the news that's fit to print would again be the motto. No more 'DEI' nonsense, nothing of the sort, back to basics. Now there would be the Bezos-owned WaPo doing the whole DEI/oppressor/oppressed/identity-politics thing versus a NYT which attempted to critically [1] report on the state of the city/country/world. What would the reaction to such a take-over be, who would get the support of the like of CNN/MSNBC, who would you support?

[1] as in the 1980's dictionary sense of the word 'critically', not as in the 'critical theory' deconstruction-type criticism.