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Inside the new battle against Google
Lynn's group, called Open Markets, has spent six years arguing that the Democrats have become too comfortable with corporate money and power, and need to rally around a new principle: Breaking up monopolies.
As the party remains locked in a struggle to reboot itself, unable to craft a unifying vision in the Trump era, Lynn and his group are trying to push it into a new fight against global corporate titans, targeting big companies like Google by name, and arguing that it’s time to use federal antitrust law to chip away at their influence. They see the fight as both a boon to democracy and a political framework that could excite voters in a new, more energized populist moment.
- People aren't going to rally around Google breaking up, that's a dumb idea. Amazon, though, will be broken up, eventually.formed
- I don't think they are talking about breaking them up necessarily, but putting limits on their power to encourage competition.yuekit
- I thought Dems were going to keep with their victimized role of resisting for the next 8 years. So now they're moving towards destroying corporations? lol********
- "Democrats have become too comfortable with corporate money and power" in other words, they're corrupt, lying scamming thieves who destroy art and statues.********
- stfu, you know you support the defunding of the arts and anything of cultural valuemonospaced
- defunding useless tax leeches such as PBS is not the same as painting over historical artifacts and ripping them out of the ground because feelings.********
- ...more energized populist moment.... or emotionally charged mob moment... this party doesn't have much substance********
- The Open Markets view is that government should use its antitrust powers broadly, to structure industries to meet societal goals.... open markets is a bit of********
- a misnomer. so they have that going for them. a lot of hubris in thinking a congress can plan economies looking at history********
- Leninism worked out so well. Again road to serfdom great think piece on the eventual degradation of such systems into tyrannical dictatorships and failed econs********
- They'll end up break Amazon up, or it'll start spinning stuff off. Google already 'broke' itself up with Alphabet, Ms went through the anti-trust ringer too.formed
- the breaking up of companies is the distraction piece********
- dont fall for the misdirection. they simply think of themselves same way as pelosi. i know better how things should be ran. same story********
- It's hardly such a radical idea to set certain rules in a market economy to achieve a social outcome.yuekit
- For instance, child labor laws mean that a large part of the potential workforce is banned from working...to take one example that almost every civilizedyuekit
- country and economist agrees with.
You may not like it but kind of silly to call it communism.yuekit - well i didnt call it communism. i said leninism. same pitch. all social planning eventually degrades to what we have seen. lenin would say stalinism was differ********
- or mussolini facism, maoism, bernie venezuela socialism isnt his either. but they all have a simple common denominator********
- a belief a small group knows best and can make the world better. and extra irony of being scared of monopolistic power while trying to get it yourself********
- all the socialism philosophy is slow entrophy of a free system. the more the central banks/gov allow people to incrue debt the faster the entrophy********
- how do u think these kids will vote after 100k vacation and no skills https://www.nytimes.…********
- and on child labor laws. you cant force kids to work unless your a girlscout. but it made findign work hard for me. i ended up working at a landscape company********
- with illegals watering plants for 2.50 an hour. im a kid with a bike and no skills, take what i can find. took the time there to read all plant labels and absor********
- b what i could. Get rid of minimum wage and let kids work instead of going to school if they choose. Hard to say wether school + lack of work has done anything********
- but Im smart enough to not try and centrally plan for everyone or say what is right. My way doesn't work for everyone. My way completely ignores the fictional********
- reach for equality, or at least it sees it for what it is and that is stagnation and death.********
- Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.********
- Bootstrap horseshit from a rambling simpleton.face_melter
- sorry, are you really promoting inequality in freedoms in the united states of america?monospaced
- horseshit to one who doesnt understand the value of gold. the other to a person who doesnt understand a natural right vs legal right********
- u do notice your approach right? dont challenge any of the reason behind what i say and try to use logical fallacies********
- trying to help u out here. no gain for me jerking off tards that dont get smarter. im not obama or insert majority politican name********
- like mono u are asking a question that is clearly obvious unless you are unfamiliar with tocqueville. unequal in freedom is by natural rule********
- michael jordan can dunk while others cant. that is an unequal freedom afforded by genetics. that is the point but i guess maybe it is my bad to skip over it********
- equality of rights is different than equality in todays standards. americans are confused as pointed out int the 1800s********
- why has all societies fail. why is it the 1% that make all progress in society. really need to check your reasoning with history. if u justify your reason********
- by association or majority you are likely in that group that creates the downfall you u despair. remember we are no smarter than 10k yrs ago********
- we just know a little more and live off the achievements of those others. try to be better know and know more. simple request but some people dont get it********
- if i was a central planner type like bernie sanders you should be scared of me. if that even makes sense to you, but id doubt it********
- If there is one thing our centrally planned public schools definitely did fail at, it was teaching you to summarize.yuekit
- lolmonospaced
- de Tocqueville died two centuries ago and nothing he wrote is a lawmonospaced
- yuekit some stuff cant be summarized easily. be nice if it could. but it cant. ads we sell slogans to generalize message and summarize but its all BS********
- so probably good thing I didn't fall into the public school ad trap. i think you didnt either but you dont want to take the effort to discuss.********
- and i get it. it is a lot of effort. i question why i care all the time when so many dont. biochemistry or philosophy, choice of values. if you want to discuss********
- im here. mono many people who have contributed to society have died and nothing they wrote is a law. theory of relativity. but that statement says more about********
- you. a desire to be ruled and a law to follow. same as many of religious folks. you fall into a category that prefers others to think for them as long as its********
- under guise of security. again freedom and thinking for yourself is a shit ton of effort. id love to hit cruise control and let other think for a change********
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.********
- and to be specific on discussion ukit. Why is that pitch not the same as lenin put it? A starting point for communication. im not here to toss my********
- dick size or whatever ppl feel confident about. I actually like discussion. what do i have to lose if change my mind? a new understanding is a win win********
- one thing i dont understand is why so many ppl cling to a belief despite reason. i get it its irrational, which goes against reason. but their has to be some********
- biochemistry there. also hope zuckerberg nevers find out about with his non profit. but at the end of the day the question is are ok with a whole different********
- belief system. can you accept what you have chosen as reality to be merely a want or illusion. i can respect the ppl who say are rational enough to say no********
- ignorance is bliss, but the others who try to force their belief system on others for selfish support are the worse********