It wasn’t until earlier this year that I became really concerned about Amazon.

Sure, I had warned people previously of the dangers of an oligarch like Jeff Bezos owning a major national newspaper like The Washington Post, and I’d also highlighted Amazon’s creepy $600 million contract with the CIA, but I didn’t truly grasp the bigger picture until recently.

It seems I’d been too focused on the financial system and other predatory industries to see the gigantic threat metastasizing in the room. If that happened to me, I’m sure many of you aren’t paying close enough attention to the risks to freedom and free markets posed by Amazon and its oligarch CEO. That’s why I decided to write this post.

This piece will be presented in two parts.

FIRST, I WILL HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL RECENT ARTICLES THAT DO A GREAT JOB DESCRIBING HOW DANGEROUS AMAZON, AND ITS RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD (NET WORTH OF $95 BILLION) CEO JEFF BEZOS, IS.
SECOND, I’LL DISCUSS MY PERSONAL MISSION OF REDIRECTING MORE OUR FAMILY’S MONEY AWAY FROM THIS CORPORATE BEHEMOTH.

Let’s kick things off with a few excerpts from a great article by Caitlin Johnstone titled, Friendly Reminder That Jeff Bezos Is Trying To Take Over The Universe:

I WILL SAY IT AGAIN FOR EMPHASIS: JEFF BEZOS, WHO HAS USED HIS BUSINESS PROWESS TO BECOME THE WEALTHIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, DID NOT PURCHASE THE WASHINGTON POST IN 2013 BECAUSE HE WAS EXPECTING NEWSPAPERS TO MAKE A PROFITABLE COMEBACK. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

WHAT DID HAPPEN IS THE WORLD’S RICHEST PLUTOCRAT REALIZING THAT HE NEEDED A MOUTHPIECE TO MANUFACTURE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE NEOLIBERAL CORPORATIST ESTABLISHMENT THAT HE IS BUILDING HIS EMPIRE UPON. THIS IS WHY WAPO RAN SIXTEEN SMEAR PIECES ON BERNIE SANDERS IN THE SPAN OF SIXTEEN HOURS AT THE HOTTEST POINT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BATTLE.