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Re:Google Jobs Search by kuschku on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:28PM (#14596550)
Nothing is wrong with a monopoly as long as it’s controlled democratically by all who use it.

In the next years, either we’ll have to break Google up, ban them from the European markets, or find a way for all citizen to have control over Google. And if we end up with the German government straight up buying Google.

But a single person having control over a monopoly that becomes a necessity in your life is becoming close to autocracy. It’s not that problematic yet, but if Google actually takes over the employment market, self-driving cars, and more (same with Amazon, if they actually manage to take over all Retail), then there’s a massive issue.

Autocratic Corporations should never be allowed to hold any monopoly – Cooperatives would be a better alternative for that.

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Re:Google Jobs Search by throwanem on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:58PM (#14596909)
> a monopoly as long as it’s controlled democratically by all who use it

Another word for this arrangement is "government".

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Re:Google Jobs Search by robotresearcher on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @02:28PM (#14597181)
That's a subset of possible governments.
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Re:Google Jobs Search by throwanem on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @05:12PM (#14598663)
Sure. But in this context I was more interested in pointing out that that's a kind of government, than in parsing differences between various such kinds.
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