Expect to see a lot of this with Democrats in charge. Amazon is cultivating liberals by saying: It’s great that we are so big & powerful, because look at how much good we could do with this much power. The letter’s key line: "Our scale allows us to make a meaningful impact…” 1/ https://twitter.com/annierpalmer/status/1351984915496235011

Walmart used this strategy when it was under fire a few years ago. It launched a climate initiative: look at how much climate pollution Walmart can cut because we’re so big and we can use our massive market power to force suppliers to cut emissions too! 2/

Today, Walmart’s climate footprint is bigger than ever. And concentrated corporate power continues to impede meaningful policy change on fossil fuels. Walmart heavily funds climate change deniers, just as Amazon funds lawmakers who enabled Trump. 3/

Concentrated economic power is not the solution — it’s the problem. It’s a key reason why government is dysfunctional, why cities don’t have enough money, why communities are lacking local pharmacies & hospitals to do vaccinations, why democracy has become so fragile…. 4/4