[Jacquerie]

On paper the US is a republic.

[adorno]

He bet a quarter billion on something maybe worth 60 Million, to bully, damage, and hopefully to destroy this president, and paid $18 billion for it. Who is laughing now?

He's still a billionaire many times over, and much richer than when he started the company, and even richer than last year.

But, he didn't personally lose anything, and the loss was on paper, and the biggest loser was Amazon the company, where the investors are the ones that pulled their money out and left Amazon "poorer", but just on the market capitalization side.

In any case, I've never supported anything from Amazon, and I'll never buy anything that's worth more than $50 from the company, and only perhaps once a year or two.

I could live with Amazon going out of business, and Bezos losing everything, but for now, he's still one of the richest people in the world.

[WayneS]

Yes. That “paper” is the Constitution of the United States of America.