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Re:I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting $1.2B I... by alakin on Saturday April 20, 2024 @01:25AM (#40095033)
And you're suggesting what, that we hand the reins to the democratic process you just described as flawed, one that is corrupted by lobbying? Yeah why don't we just take a corrupt institution and put it in charge of more things.
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Re:I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting $1.2B I... by remarkEon on Saturday April 20, 2024 @02:36AM (#40095326)
I don't think that's a suggestion that we have Google take over the country or something. It's an acknowledgement of the Iron Law of Oligarchy[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy

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Re:I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting $1.2B I... by alakin on Saturday April 20, 2024 @02:00PM (#40099323)
Anti monopoly law already handles that.
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Re:I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting $1.2B I... by paulryanrogers on Saturday April 20, 2024 @02:58PM (#40099959)
Or anti-trust would handle that if it weren't neutered by the only criteria being (direct) consumer harm.
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Re:I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting $1.2B I... by paulryanrogers on Saturday April 20, 2024 @08:06AM (#40096735)
I suggest we fix the system we have by making paid lobbying illegal, campaign finance reform, same day primaries, robust anti-trust, etc.
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Re:I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting $1.2B I... by alakin on Saturday April 20, 2024 @02:06PM (#40099386)
Fair and solid focus on government domain issues. It's us the people that will fix govt, instead of govt fixing companies.
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Re:I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting $1.2B I... by paulryanrogers on Saturday April 20, 2024 @03:01PM (#40099978)
If we cannot regulate companies via a government we control then they will regulate us, and in fact they do as much as they can.
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