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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by Spooky23 on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:31PM (#17159836)
Small and especially medium business is vaporized.

Textiles? Gone

Light industrial? Gone

Regional banks? Dying

Local banks? Dead

Small retail? Dead

Dairy agriculture? Dying

Family agriculture? Dead

I grew up in a small town. 20 operating farms circa 1990. 2 today. 3 agricultural/equipment dealers, today 0. 5 small/medium manufacturers... 1 today, because of a military contract. School enrollment? -25%.

I watched the beginning of decline when I was in high school. There is no anchor businesses that sustain local economies, and no access to capital. Without government spending, either indirect or direct transfer payments, a shockingly high number of US localities would be in a state of complete implosion.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by smaddox on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:18AM (#17162144)
This is an inevitable consequence of globalization and conglomeration (especially of agriculture).
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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by Spooky23 on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:54AM (#17162349)
It’s an inevitable consequence of our current economic policy.

Conglomerates are all about capital, not efficiency. We are paying more, not less, by eliminating market participants.

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