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Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by noelwelsh on Thursday April 16, 2020 @11:40AM (#22890510)
Large companies have more power than smaller ones. This could be the power to offer poor products at inflated prices, or power to alter political processes to their favor.
Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by bhupy on Thursday April 16, 2020 @11:54AM (#22890655)
> or power to alter political processes

Doing away with large companies doesn't guarantee that this will end, though.

An example: while there are few large corporations providing physician services, the American Medical Association lobbies on behalf of the thousands of individual doctors and small private practices, often to the detriment of consumers anyway.

Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by mikeyouse on Thursday April 16, 2020 @11:46AM (#22890579)
Also small companies often employ and are owned by my neighbors.. Amazon doesn't and is owned by a bunch of hedge funds and a dude who buys $200M houses.
Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by misun78 on Thursday April 16, 2020 @01:10PM (#22891432)
Large companies also employ my neighbors, and clearly for a better value as otherwise they would be with smaller ones. As for ownership, Amazon is part of the S&P 500 which is quite literally owned by millions of folks in their savings, 401k's etc. Hence the reality is not that simple.
Re:Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation by walshemj on Thursday April 16, 2020 @03:12PM (#22892472)
And plenty of small investors like me own Amazon via their manged funds