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Re:U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week: sources by Reedx on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:07PM (#25285263)
Breaking up tech companies would be using a 20th century tool on a 21st century problem.

Andrew Yang had a better idea. Put a VAT on big tech and use that to fund UBI.

https://www.yang2020.com/policies/value-added-tax/

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Re:U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week: sources by fakedang on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:44AM (#25285816)
It makes perfect sense. Tech enjoys massive benefits from scalability and from eating up competition. It's easy to use both - break them up, then tax the shit out of them so that they can't grow into leviathans as fast.
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Re:U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week: sources by Apocryphon on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:14AM (#25285645)
Why not try both?
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