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Re:Three Stanford professors on the sensible regulation of B... by OneEyedRobot on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:40PM (#28474397)
> These companies aren't a challenge to government power in the US, on the contrary they are a powerful tool for social control.

In a sense I'd say that they are now a branch of government.

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Re:Three Stanford professors on the sensible regulation of B... by TeMPOraL on Thursday September 09, 2021 @05:37PM (#28474966)
Even if not really a branch, it's remember that big companies dominating whole market segments are important geopolitical assets for countries which those companies call "home".
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