Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of killing column

Re:Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of kill... by ajross on Monday March 10, 2025 @05:09PM (#43326129)

It's not a character thing, really. Grotesque subservience is a firm requirement to be successful in authoritarian environments. He wants to remain successful and will play the game by the rules presented. Lots of people operate that way, probably more than those that don't.

That this has not been historically true in the United States is the notable outlier.

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Re:Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of kill... by bwestergard on Monday March 10, 2025 @05:21PM (#43326255)

"Grotesque subservience" is what _creates_ authoritarian environments.

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Re:Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of kill... by ajross on Monday March 10, 2025 @05:39PM (#43326395)

Meh, so does violence and conquest and coups. Certainly there's a feedback cycle between them, but the path to autocracy has many forks. Again it's the rule of law that's the exception, not autocracy.

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Re:Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of kill... by unsui on Monday March 10, 2025 @08:34PM (#43327883)

> That this has not been historically true in the United States is the notable outlier.

So, bootlicker, got it.

And yes, it is very much a character thing...

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Re:Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of kill... by spacechild1 on Monday March 10, 2025 @09:49PM (#43328315)

It's still a character thing, though.

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Re:Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of kill... by ajross on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @09:26AM (#43332219)

To be clear: it's not a notable character thing. Yes, yes, some people are uncorruptible paragons who'd never bend to the will of an autocrat, not matter the personal cost. Most of us aren't. Bezos isn't. The notable people are the paragons, not the bland rule-followers.

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