Re:Congress is going to throw the kitchen sink at big tech
by danShumway on Friday June 11, 2021 @05:07PM
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> These corporations control the government
So proposing these bills is more feasible, because... why exactly? Are you under the impression that corporations aren't allowed to lobby about bills?
What makes you think that legislating tech will be easier than breaking tech up? Complicated rules about vertical integration aren't going to be less susceptible to lobbying and corporate FUD.
These corporations control the government because the same people demanding to “break `em up!” have also been demanding “small government!” for decades on end, which in practice simply means a government that works for the corporate private sector.
The morale of this story is that your solution is no solution at all, and to the extent that it is a solution the means to implement it are nowhere to be found.