Re:Congress is going to throw the kitchen sink at big tech
by klaudius on Friday June 11, 2021 @05:30PM
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Big Tech should be locating large employment centers in strategic locations around the country. And by strategic I don’t mean where the talent, resources, or customers are located but rather where influential Congresspeople, Senators, and Governors are located.
If these companies start doing this they could lose to more efficient competition. Hope they aren't that stupid.
Re:Congress is going to throw the kitchen sink at big tech
by 8note on Friday June 11, 2021 @06:10PM
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*Less efficient competition if they can't get the government to vote their way
Re:Congress is going to throw the kitchen sink at big tech
by ojbyrne on Friday June 11, 2021 @04:45PM
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At least 1 company has beaten you to that idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_HQ2
Big Tech should be locating large employment centers in strategic locations around the country. And by strategic I don’t mean where the talent, resources, or customers are located but rather where influential Congresspeople, Senators, and Governors are located. Then wield your soft power with these folks, e.g. “You can break us up but it’s just going to cost your district/state massive job losses”.
Next, meet with other agitating politicians to find out their underlying motivations and help them to achieve those things - doesn’t even need to be real, just help make them look good for their next re-election campaign. So Bezos should work out a public deal with Bernie and AOC to raise Amazon’s minimum wage to $20 an hour. Bernie and AOC will look like progressive heroes but would be effectively defanged in continuing to attack Amazon (to a large degree).