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Re:Why is it so hard to give Google money? by parasubvert on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:24AM (#32247125)
I think between the democracy we have in practice and the megacorps, most would choose the megacorps.

Partially /s. But in general, democracy isn’t doing too well, and a lot of it is due to a massive segment of bored, decadent, and petty populace that would rather watch the world burn if it owns their political enemies. At least with megacorps there is room for competence and science.

Re:Why is it so hard to give Google money? by Schroedingersat on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:54AM (#32247292)
> But in general, democracy isn’t doing too well, and a lot of it is due to a massive segment of bored, decadent, and petty populace that would rather watch the world burn if it owns their political enemies.

This is what the megacorps being in control looks like because they're the ones that led us here through ownership of media and thus any political candidate with a chance. Facebook, microsoft and google are only just getting started in the same space, and it is already many times worse than fox ever was.