Kanye’s antisemitic statements have been widely condemned recently, resulting in real fiscal consequences for him as he loses contracts with companies who want nothing to do with him now. Good. The same treatment should fall upon JK Rowling, who’s been allying with hard right transphobes, misogynists, and racists to push a harmful agenda against trans and intersex folks. Alas, so far she gets support from naive liberals like Ralph Fiennes who buy her bad faith pretensions to feminism. And we should keep our eye on Elon Musk’s attempts to take over Twitter and make it worse (yes, it’s possible), empowering already well supported voices of hate.
As for Bezos, he’s a standard issue capitalist whose business has been quietly platforming fascist literature for years.
Narration: ON BILLIONAIRE ISLAND ...
Bezo: REPORT!
Panel 2: Interior of a large meeting room, where Elon Musk, JK Rowling, Jeff Bezos, and Kanye West sit around a giant table.
Musk dressed in a Mars astronaut suit: SOON — VERY SOON ! — I SHALL SEIZE TWITTER AND TURN ITS HATE AND ANGER INTO PROFIT! WELL, MY PROFIT!
JKR in a flowing black robe: YES! AS MY TERF ARMY JOINS WITH FASCISTS TO DRIVE TRANS TEENS TO DESPAIR!
Kanye in an White Lives Matter tee shirt: I'M GOING DEATH CON 3 ON THE JEWS!
Bezos, stroking a furry white cat on his lap: GOOD GOOD
Panel 3: Bezos in foreground beams proudly at his dastardly plans. JKR grimaces with her hands on her hips. Musk and Kanye look confused. In the background the fuzzy white cat licks himself like playing cello.
Bezo: OUR PLANS TO SEED CHAOS GATHERS SPEED! SOON WE SHALL BEGIN PHASE 2! MORE TAX CUTS!
JKR: THAT'S IT?
Musk: WHAT ABOUT GLOBAL DOMINATION?
Kanye: AND TROLLING MY HATERS?
Panel 4: Bezos seems affronted, a little incredulous at the obtuseness of his colleagues in crime.
Bezos: GUYS! I DOMINATE SUPPLY CHAINS, MEDIA, SERVERS, COMMERCE, DISCOURSE AND NEARLY EVERY LOCAL ECONOMY I CAN INVADE! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
Panel 5: In the background Musk, JKR, and Kanye yell in unison at Bezos. In the foreground, Fetch talks to the fuzzy white cat.
Musk, JKR, Kanye: SILENCE THE WOKE MOB!
Bezos: BUT THAT'S STILL PHASE ONE4
Fuzzy white cat: TSK. THEY HAVE NO VISION.
Fetch: NOT BEYOND THEIR ASSES
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