Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by admissionsguy on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:26AM
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No a bad thing if you desire the corporate power to eventually become the main force shaping the world :)
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by nickpp on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:18AM
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> to make any attempt to enforce antitrust a carrier killer for a politician
Any example of a politician carrier killed by an attempt to enforce antitrust?
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by saubeidl on Saturday February 07, 2026 @11:24AM
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Biden.
Him putting Lisa Khan in charge of antitrust enraged the tech oligarchs, who then all went MAGA and bought Trump the election.
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by nickpp on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:03PM
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> went MAGA and bought Trump the election
Didn’t Harris actually raise and spend more than Trump on that election?
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by saubeidl on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:11PM
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Yeah but the tech spend was way more effective. Elon took over Twitter.
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by nickpp on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:19PM
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So no, they didn't "bought Trump the election".
And the fact that a 3rd party supports an opponent does not kill any politician's career. Biden retired by himself, following his own party's pressure. And Harris is still around, I believe.
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by saubeidl on Saturday February 07, 2026 @02:35PM
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Of course they did. They used their capital to influence democracy. That's capitalism baby!
Re:France's homegrown open source online office suite
by megaman821 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:20PM
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It seems like you have an unfalsifiable belief. If one side raises more money and wins, it because of the money. If one side raises more money and loses, it is still the money because the other side spend it more effectively.
Don't we have enough examples showing that this simply cannot work long-term, because the for-profit enterprises will _inevitably_ grow larger than the government can handle through antitrust? And once they reach that size, they become impossible to rein in. Just look at all the stupid large american corporations who can't be broken up anymore because the corporation has the lobbying power and media budget to make any attempt to enforce antitrust a carrier killer for a politician.
I think it's very myopic to say that corporate structure is the "best solution".