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Remember when internet companies were supposed to be disrupting the system, not co-opting it and making regulatory capture favor themselves?
by noobermin 8y ago
Remember when internet companies were supposed to be disrupting the system, not co-opting it and making regulatory capture favor themselves?
- afarrell 8y agoDidn’t this also used to be true of cable companies?
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoI remember when people dreamed this would happen.
- mattferderer 8y agoLobbying itself isn't bad & is needed to help disrupt things. Politicians require lobbyists & experts to explain different sides to them.
- rchaud 8y agoYou make it sound like they're lining up to have a moment with their local representative like the rest of us. As if there's not thousands in campaign contributions and in-kind gifts hinging on the politician swinging their way.
- eeZah7Ux 8y ago"different sides"? Are you hinting that a group of billionaire-owned megacorporations balance each other out and represent the interest of the average citiezen?
- rchaud 8y ago"Disrupters" are just temporarily embarrassed status quo fatcats.