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Re:Google Critic Ousted from Think Tank Funded by the Tech G... by metaphorm on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @01:52PM (#15134334)
Corporations (like Google) and billionaires (like Eric Schmidt) buying our politicians (by influencing them with sponsored think tank studies)
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Re:Google Critic Ousted from Think Tank Funded by the Tech G... by guelo on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @02:02PM (#15134442)
Yea sure. I know that it is now popular among some people to hate on Google, but hate on them in a logical and consistent way.
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Re:Google Critic Ousted from Think Tank Funded by the Tech G... by rhizome on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @02:55PM (#15134891)
Or, first you buy the politicians through lobbying, then you buy academics by attaching strings to donations to their organizations.
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