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He knows the bully only gets to bully for a fixed term - after that he keeps what he has

That was definitely Zuck’s calculus as well.

Rich people have been paying off politicians forever, Trump isn’t the first, and he won’t be the last. Back the winner until the winner is the loser, then back the new winner, repeat. AKA the king is dead long live the king!

True, but what is surprising to me is that not even Bezos’ kind of wealth will get him off the hook.

It could, but it in the circumstances it would be more expensive than bending the knee for a couple of years.

Yeah I always find it fascinating, like when billionaire LeBron James kept his mouth shut about suppression and minority imprisonment in China.