# The Washington Post: Democracy Dies With Us **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 25, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210 "2024-10-25T17:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 385
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210/385 "2025-01-07T17:51:01Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > It may have been upthread, or on the radio, but I heard someone point out the better way is to keep the subscription, since it loses money anyway, and avoid using Amazon, which actually does make Bezos rich. While I’ve [made that argument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-canceled-your-amazon-prime-or-washington-post-subscription/1009307/49) and both of those statements are ostensibly true, the reality is that a million objectors could cancel their Amazon Prime subscription without making a measurable dent in the company’s bottom line (the free shipping is actually a ‘loss leader’ for Amazon which is intended to compel subscribers to buy more stuff to make the membership ‘worth it’), and cancelling _Washington Post_ subscriptions really just hurts the staff trying to put out (mostly) good journalism; The _Post_ as been a cash loser for Bezos since he purchased it in 2013 and it is really just a vanity purchase and (presumably) a tax writeoff. Stranger --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210)._