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The issue is rich people buy media and politicians and thus propaganda and power.

No journalist working at the washington post doesn't know that Bezos ultimately signs their checks. Pretty hard to not paint a flattering picture of him when that's the case.

Decades of media portraying the rich as being superior beings which aught be revered takes a toll on society.

This propaganda effort dates all the way back to movies like Anne showing the wonderful kindness of a wealthy person and the greed/corruption of poor housing for children.



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