It looks like Jeff Bezos may return. This brings up a few different leaders who had to make big and hated decisions to keep the company afloat. The company tanks a little, and the new CEO gets blamed, then the former CEO returns to glory. Articles connected to these companies talk about the triumphant return and not how most of the policies are kept.
This means the new CEO was never expected to win, and probably knew it going in. They get a nice contract that lets them be paid, and keep mum about it. The investors think they won, and the people in general think it worked.
It's a scummy trick, but it appears to work.
COVID coming to an end means people are less interested in Amazon's services, be it streaming or shopping. It doesn't help that Amazon isn't reeling in many viewers on that massive money sink that is Rings of Power. They're getting raked over the coals over it. Still, I feel like there has to be something else going on that caused their stocks to dip that hard.
I admire your optimism. I'm already seeing the sheep putting on masks again, the "tripledemic" talk, and such. Even though worship of the coof protocols has slipped massively, I'm convinced people will still fall right in line when the government/media tells them to next time.
Washington state got shutdown again from what I've heard.