Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, just sent out this email of total submission.
Bezos appears to have misread Timothy Snyder’s advice “Do not obey in advance” as “Obey in advance,” missing a couple words.
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My guess is that he isn’t obeying in advance. He’s being exactly who he always was.