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That's hilarious. I love how confident you are that a European equivalent of fb, Google, etc. would not be as inventive or bold. That's cool, but let's not pret
by mnm1 7y ago
That's hilarious. I love how confident you are that a European equivalent of fb, Google, etc. would not be as inventive or bold. That's cool, but let's not pretend like it's a fact.
As to your other point, I'm not sure how else to describe it. Not only do we fetishize monopolies and other large, dominating corporations, we fetishize their CEOs like Jobs, Gates, Bezos, Musk etc. We encourage our kids to see them as role models. We bend over backwards legally to increase profits for such entities and their CEOs to the detriment of millions of Americans. The pursuit of monopoly is the only business strategy that can even be discussed, let alone contemplated. I think fetishize is too weak of a word here, actually. Worship is a better term.
- yostrovs 7y ago1. I'm glad you find it funny, but the reality speaks for itself. 2. Americans do tend to respect very wealthy people, like Musk. But Musk, for examine, is not a monopolist. You're just lumping all rich people with monopolists. Warren Buffet is also admired. What does he monopolize?