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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by e17 on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:21AM (#27421691)
IMO you have to maintain or exert some control over a nation in order to be an oligarch. So Jeff and Elon are out, but David Koch and Robert Mercer meet the definition for me. These guys have exerted huge control over the US over the last 30-40 years.
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by fallingknife on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:30AM (#27421770)
Jeff Bezos owns the 2nd largest newspaper in the country, and now a major movie studio. I would say he qualifies.
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by e17 on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:11AM (#27422134)
How has he used that newspaper to exert political control over the US?
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by scotth on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:12AM (#27422836)
How easily is that question answered?
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by Tepix on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:58AM (#27424074)
Would you like a list of stories they decided not to run?
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by peteretep on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:25PM (#27429593)
…yes? I’ve seen articles openly critical of Bezos in the WashPo and ones supportive of Amazon workers unionising.
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by 80mph on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @03:52AM (#27431711)
He might not have used his newspaper, but AWS was instrumental in de-platforming Parler after the Jan 6 mutiny.
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by vorpalhex on Monday June 07, 2021 @08:35AM (#27421805)
Johnny Depp would basically qualify under that definition.
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by fallingknife on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:03AM (#27422042)
According to Google his net worth is $150 million, so that is 0.1% of Bezos, and he owns 0 powerful companies to Bezos' 3. Not remotely in the same league.
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by gameswithgo on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:05AM (#27422064)
Perhaps they are not able to move the lever as much as russian oligarchs, but both have some levers to pull.
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Re:Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of... by HaggardFinical on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:59AM (#27423345)
Given that Russia has mostly an oil based economy roughly the size of Italy, the levers they are moving are quite a bit smaller than their American counterparts.

Bezos or Koch or Hamm or DeVoss can't move their American levers as far, but the overall output is quite substantial compared to what Abramovich can achieve with his.

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