This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 60%. (I'm a bot)
> It was reported that its owner, widely rumoured to have connections to the Russian president, intended on using it to flee European waters to elude sanctions imposed on Russia.
> The Ministry said its investigation - which has been underway since March amid assertions the ship is owned by Vladimir Putin - brought to light the vessel had "Significant economic and business connections" with "Prominent elements of the Russian government and with others subject to EU sanctions".
> The New York Times reported that US officials named Russian President Vladimir Putin as one of the the "Prominent elements".
> The Italian government - who have a history of vigorously impounding assets which belong to sanctioned Russian oligarchs - confiscated the Scheherazade under European Union sanctions imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
> It has been reported by Italian media in recent weeks the Scheherazade is actually owned by former chief of Russian oil firm Rosneft, Eduard Khudainatov, who is currently not the subject of any sanctions.
> The Russian oil tycoon is allegedly linked to Igor Sechin who is a close pal of the Russian President and currently sanctioned.
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Think about it.
He:
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Enabled more people than ever to familiarise themselves with the message of Marx and Engels through Same day delivery and making the timeless manifesto available on audiobook and easily accessible to the working class for 10.99$
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He was instrumental in growing twitch and thus allowing strong agitprop outlets like Hasan and Vaush to spread the red message to more and more workers
So I think any argument against Jeff Bezos as a good socialist would be based purely in Hypocrisy, something I have no interest in as it has been used to attack socialist in the past. Would I prefer it if he did more with his platform? Sure. It would be great if he could use his wealth to subsidize even more socialist streamers and thus bring us closer to the revolution. But he has done plenty already.
Plus send all their spoiled, rich kids home to Moscow from their multi million dollar penthouses and mansions in London, Berlin, New York, and LA.
