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Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after... by choward on Friday January 14, 2022 @12:23PM (#29937236)
> The paradox of Big Tech: everyone hates Big Tech because they think their political adversaries control Big Tech.

> The Left views Big Tech as monopolies controlled by techno-libertarian ultra-billionaires. The Right views Big Tech as Democrat companies controlled by radical leftist censors.

I guess it's only a paradox if you are partisan and think there are only two types of people. I don't consider myself left or right and big tech is definitely an adversary to me and my beliefs.

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Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after... by lapsedacademic on Friday January 14, 2022 @12:25PM (#29937276)
The observation isn't that opposition to big tech is always irrational or partisan.

The observation is that Big Tech plays the role of Powerful Boogeyman for both the left and the right in polarizing narrative construction.

Ofc non-partisans can also dislike big tech, and partisans can dislike big tech for rational reasons. Neither of those is inconsistent with the above observation.

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