can’t say I’m optimistic exactly about this direction change but I’m maybe less pessimistic than other people seem to be.
those two things are good things and if WaPo is doing justice to them it will be in opposition to Trump.
those two things are good things and if WaPo is doing justice to them it will be in opposition to Trump.
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Ben Mullin
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
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You just have to resolve to be okay with that. Anything else is shifty and works to the antis’ benefit. Libertarian theory isn’t perfect but I don’t think I promised that.
That’s the correct answer, but it’s hard to see when you’re in it for the love of the theory.
Also just a strange move to make your ed page thematic in this was
Like what’s the demand for it
If you aren't, then it's just going to be propaganda about how people not dying cold and hungry, or workers not being abused, or children being educated, is communism.
We will see.
https://bsky.app/profile/worknowitzki.bsky.social/post/3lj3ooyzmmc2h
The way they said it sounds bad, but maybe it'll end up being good, who knows
come on...
I’m guessing Shipley thought the same, perhaps informed by specific examples Bezos offered.
I’d cancel my subscription but I already cancelled my subscription.
There are too many characters in this Shakespearian drama to keep track of all of them. I really need a Cliff notes.
I mean, the fact that Bezos quashed the anti ring kissing cartoon and especially the endorsement of Harris doesn't exactly make me feel confident that this isn't just more of the same shit
I appreciate your attempt to be more optimistic but I'm trying to now ride the line between "not dooming" and "hopium"
Time will tell, but I’m betting we will start seeing “Trump tariffs are good for free markets” nonsense soon.
USA appears to be rather smaller than you'd think.
I want to do whatever flyover people do...
For so long, I felt like a crazy outlier. Now I know I'm just 98% percentile. That's comparatively normal!
That said, do anti-monopoly laws offend "free markets?" I can guess what the Post will say now.