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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by pvijeh on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:48PM (#24122453)
ive never seen any evidence of gov intervention resulting in a better outcome for anyone other than special interest groups.
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Re:The case for why Google should be regulated as a public u... by Shared404 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:36PM (#24123127)
Gov intervention _should_ be capable of doing so, but as long as lobbying is still legal, it won't.

@freeopinion [0] brought up an interesting idea of setting up more special interest groups, directly in opposition of each other. This may be an effective method of handling this.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24105949

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