When political legitimacy becomes contingent on recognition by a superpower, populations lose their right to self-determination and democracy becomes a selective tool.
The Washington Post Guild, the staff union, questioned Bezos' commitment, saying that if he is no longer willing to invest in its mission, the institution needs a steward who understands it.
[W]e see that what is happening in our contemporary world ... are signs and omens of an uncertain future ... causing Western democracy as a whole to head toward collapse,
Donald Trump has grandiose and sometimes extravagant plans to resolve conflicts across continents, but in reality he always struggles to implement them.