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Re:The logic driving China’s big tech clampdown by drcode on Sunday August 01, 2021 @01:41PM (#28028285)
The argument that middlemen are parasites who provide no value is a claim with a pretty dark history.
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Re:The logic driving China’s big tech clampdown by fmajid on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:58PM (#28028883)
Of course they provide some value by reducing friction, the problem is when they use their market power or network effects to seek rents and distort the economy.
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