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Apparently one of the worst things ever, according to progressives at the Federal Trade Commission is Amazon Prime.

You've been swindled by Amazon by using Amazon Prime, allegedly. This is one of the dumbest things ever.

Now, you should know that the new, the Biden appointed head of the Federal Trade Commission

is made a name for herself being exceedingly anti-Amazon.

The woman Lena Khan has been a long-time critic of Amazon for labor

practices and the like. And so she's decided to use the FTC to go after the company she has

a grudge with, which is really problematic. But so her problem, her complaint is that people are forced to use Amazon's

prime service. And once they get into it, they can't get out of it. Now, by way of comparison,

I have an account with the Wall Street Journal.

I subscribe to a lot of news services.

I subscribe to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal

and the Washington Post and National Review and Epoch Times and the like.

I have subscriptions.

I have to stay educated.

If I want to cancel my Wall Street Journal subscription, I literally have to call a phone number

to cancel my digital subscription. I don't get the print paper. I just go online.

And if I want to cancel it, I have to call someone who will spend their time talking,

trying to talk me out of canceling my subscription. It's not just the Walser General. The Washington Post has done this. The New

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