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Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by TeMPOraL on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:49PM (#27295211)
That's a very scary thought. What you're saying is, these big companies already are, or about to become, effectively untouchable, because they're now important strategic assets for United States in its struggle to maintain global economic dominance.
Re:Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B by aerosmile on Thursday May 27, 2021 @12:05AM (#27299281)
I agree it's a scary thought. Really, it's not much different than what happened with the military industrial complex. We'd be better off without it assuming every other country got rid of theirs, but since that's not happening, it has become effectively untouchable. I am not happy about it, but you won't see me advocating for destroying all of our weapons without other countries following suit. The same applies to my thinking around the tech companies, which are increasingly becoming important drivers of our economic growth.