Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful?

Re:Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? by fjsolwmv on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:42AM (#17515675)

Look up the history of "political machines", "yellow journalism", "fascism". Democracy has always been corrupted because people are inherently not very good.

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Re:Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? by bobbygoodlatte on Thursday July 12, 2018 @03:01PM (#17517588)

Sure, but smart phones & social networks see far more user adoption and time spent than any newspaper during the era of yellow journalism. The scale is just incomparable, and potential consequences far greater.

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Re:Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? by jeffreyrogers on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:11PM (#17515978)

So what would you replace it with?

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Re:Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? by patejam on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:21PM (#17516067)

They never claimed democracy wasn't the best we have right now.

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Re:Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? by ant6n on Thursday July 12, 2018 @05:36PM (#17518827)

You mean what to replace the democracy with, or the corruption?

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