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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by CamperBob2 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @07:57PM (#20416987)
Those large tech companies can make money in France because the french government provides all that is necessary for a free, fair and functioning market.

Staying out of the way? They can do that for free.

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Re:France has approved a digital services tax despite threat... by metta2uall on Thursday July 11, 2019 @09:09PM (#20417297)
Capitalist governments do not stay out of the way - take a look at the volume of corporate law. (That's in addition to healthcare, education, policing, building industry regulation, etc)
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