They're definitely not communists, but fascists of the (alleged) Mussolini definition, hiding behind a veneer of socialism-lite.
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power." ~Benito Mussolini (attributed but not verified)
"-lite" in that they don't favor "seizure of the means;" one might note that despite so many today self-identifying as socialist or socialist-Democrat (of all economic classes), only the most hardcore (and/or delusional) touch on the "seizure" element. These guys at the top don't even mind some redistribution of their own wealth, as they understand that it will be made up for and then some in profits and destruction of competition (or simply privilege... see Fauci and his two friends enjoying a ballgame in an empty stadium, no troublesome plebs asking them to pass down a beer and peanuts), and that the concurrent redistribution of middle-class wealth downwards prevents that class from establishing independence or competition to mega-corps, while it provides those to which it is redistributed "purchasing power" that is funnelled right back into the mega-corps'/banks coffers.
They favor the destabilization that leads to a "socialist-lite" centralization of control, as they know or at least expect that they will be the ones with the favorable lines of communication, "cooperation," and subsequent graft. Bezos doesn't want everyone to rely on the government, he wants the government to make everyone rely on Amazon. They want over-regulation that is fatal to smaller businesses but only an inconvenience to transnationals. They know the public at large is not favorable to straight-up communism, but the leftward push of the Overton window is needed to make centralized "socialist" policies seem reasonable and palatable to the population. It also benefits a basic "divide and conquer" strategy, and has neighbor attacking neighbor instead of attacking their consolidation of markets and power, as the public attacks against the established corporatists are essentially superficial and only temporary on the road to centralization.
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