I was irritated when I watched Trump's inauguration on TV and I saw Jeff
Bezos (Amazon) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook/Meta) there. They put the idea into peoples' heads that "We're supportive of President Trump."

According to opensecrets.org (if opensecrets.org is legitimate) Amazon donated $2.3 million and Meta $1.6 million to Kamala's campaign, but neither donated a penny to Trump's campaign.

The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

(That's if I got all this information correct.) This stuff is important if you're a guy like me who holds grudges against companies who try to purchase influence and/or hide their loyalty to the Democrat party.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's
inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

I think this is nothing more than a plea to people to not Bud Light their platforms.

Both are snakes and I will not trust them.


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The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

I think this is nothing more than a plea to people to not Bud Light their platforms.

Both are snakes and I will not trust them.

Same here. I like Bezos a little better than Zuck because at least I'm allowed to shop on Amazon.

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Ron L. wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's
inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

I think this is nothing more than a plea to people to not Bud Light
their platforms.

Both are snakes and I will not trust them.

They are bribes, plain and simple. The cost of doing business with the
Trump administration.



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The 2 elitist sleazeballs DID donate $1 million each to Trump's inaugural committee (this is AFTER he got elected.)

I think this is nothing more than a plea to people to not Bud Light their platforms.

Both are snakes and I will not trust them.

They are bribes, plain and simple. The cost of doing business with the Trump administration.

You didn't read my message that started this thread: they donated even more money to Kamala's campaign than they did to Trump's. It was only after Trump won that they gave him $1 million each (chump change.)

You would have to be insane to think that they didn't have intentions for Kamala also. "The cost of doing business with any administration."

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

Same here. I like Bezos a little better than Zuck because at least I'm allowed to shop on Amazon.

Shall I recount the tale of I (rightfully) labeled 2 new books on BBSs as "woke nonesense" (Yes, that was the most harsh thing I said) and got banned from leaving any reviews on Amazon forever?

Right now, I shop on Amazon only if there's no other real alternative.


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Shall I recount the tale of I (rightfully) labeled 2 new books on BBSs
as "woke nonesense" (Yes, that was the most harsh thing I said) and got banned from leaving any reviews on Amazon forever?

Right now, I shop on Amazon only if there's no other real alternative.

I forgot about that. But at least they still let you shop on there. Facebook don't let me do anything unless I produce, film, and upload a gay porn video to them.

I'm the same way with Amazon. I order my furnace filters on there because there's nowhere else to get them.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

I forgot about that. But at least they still let you shop on there.

But I'm sure that if I "purchased" anything for their Swindle eBook reader or any of their media, I would have lost access to it.

Facebook don't let me do anything unless I produce, film, and upload a
gay porn video to them.

You need to be in better groups on Facebook. :)

Right now, my Facebook is used to stay in touch with older family members who don't want to learn something else, and to share with other geeks with my interests.

They did restrict me a while back during the scamdemic when I posted some memes that broke their Narrative, but since I don't use Facebook to make money, I really didn't care.

I'm the same way with Amazon. I order my furnace filters on there
because there's nowhere else to get them.

Sort of like the Walmart Effect:
They build a store just outside of a town, sell things for a very small profit to reduce prices and kill off the town business. Once the town business are gone, they close the store and consolidate into a "super store" 30+ minutes away.

Amazon sells stuff so low that people buy only from them, then the local businesses stop selling those products because no one buys from them. Now you are "forced" to buy from Amazon.


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Right now, my Facebook is used to stay in touch with older family
members who don't want to learn something else, and to share with other geeks with my interests.

I don't blame you or anyone else who uses it. They are picking on me for some reason. Mike P said it's probably because I didn't have enough people friended and I looked like a bot, but I think it's deeper than that.

Amazon sells stuff so low that people buy only from them, then the local businesses stop selling those products because no one buys from them.
Now you are "forced" to buy from Amazon.

The same scenario takes places in other industries too, like Facebook for example. Nobody can compete with it, and other companies are complicit. If Google finds out that a new company similar to Amazon is being constructed,
they'll do everything they can to screw it over because that's the kind of network the elite are running.

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