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Hello Darkness My Old Friend (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The owner, Bezos, forced the editorial staff to not publish an endorsement of Harris

The editorial staff are in more or less open revolt, and large numbers of subscribers have canceled their subscriptions and committed to not buying from Amazon.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 hours ago

An independent newspaper might someday choose to back away from making presidential endorsements. But this isn’t the right moment, when one candidate is advocating positions that directly threaten freedom of the press and the values of the Constitution.

Beautifully put.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's not like Bezos is there running anything day to day. Management could ignore him, say OK sure thing boss, and print it anyway. What's he gonna do? Fire them? 🤷

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

What’s he gonna do? Fire them? 🤷

...yes.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Strong worded letter again. As long as they still come to work tomorrow, Bezos can use them as he likes.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 hours ago

It’s got to start somewhere, and it usually starts small. Let’s focus on building up the momentum, so that little snowball turns into an avalanche.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

There have already been resignations over it. Not quite sure how many

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 hours ago

Instead of resigning individually, they should strike collectively.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh that’s good.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 hours ago

If a couple percent of the population stops shopping there, Amazon will miss it's quarterly numbers and the stock price will fall sharply.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 hours ago

I don’t think avoiding Amazon or boycotts can have an effect on someone with that ridiculous concentration of wealth, but I admire the effort and expression of distaste.