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> And, yes, Republicans right now are much more likely to be skeptical of Silicon Valley giants than are Democrats That wasn't the claim raised or addressed.

by dlp211 6y ago

nostromo 6y ago
The biggest and most powerful corporations in the world right now are tech companies, of which Republicans are increasingly skeptical and with which Democrats are increasingly cozy. So of course it's relevant to a question about how Democrats could be seen as pro-corporate.
- root_axis 6y ago
  > The biggest and most powerful corporations in the world right now are tech companies, Not even close to true. JP Morgan, ExxonMobil, Citi, Chevron, ATT, Comcast,, Walmart, GE, GM, Berkshire Hatahway, Pfizer, Johnson & Jhonson... I could go on. Yes, Apple, MS, FB, Google are huge tech companies, but they are not the most common and not by any means "the most powerful".
  - read_if_gay_ 6y ago
    The difference is none of the companies you listed have the same amount of control over the internet. SV giants are the new gatekeepers of information.
    - userbinator 6y ago
      Exactly. Those companies are more of a "you buy things from them" than the "your knowledge and view of the world is filtered through it" of Google. Google yields tremendous power over people just by what results it shows them when they search for things.
      - mike00632 6y ago
        But a better alternative to measure power could be lobbying efforts and spending, which the tech companies are lagging in.
  - nostromo 6y ago
    ... do you actually believe that? AT&T is more powerful than Google? Johnson & Johnson is more powerful than Apple?
  - amadeuspagel 6y ago
    The most clear and objective way to compare corporations is market capitalization, and the seven corporations with the biggest market cap in the world are all tech companies.[1] How powerful a company is a bit harder to judge, but if anything tech companies punch above their weight when it comes to political power. Johnson & Johnson has ten times the market cap of twitter, but much less political power. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization#2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...

> And, yes, Republicans right now are much more likely to be skeptical of Silicon Valley giants than are Democrats That wasn't the claim raised or addressed.

by dlp211 6y ago

> And, yes, Republicans right now are much more likely to be skeptical of Silicon Valley giants than are Democrats That wasn't the claim raised or addressed.

nostromo 6y ago

The biggest and most powerful corporations in the world right now are tech companies, of which Republicans are increasingly skeptical and with which Democrats are increasingly cozy. So of course it's relevant to a question about how Democrats could be seen as pro-corporate.

root_axis 6y ago
> The biggest and most powerful corporations in the world right now are tech companies, Not even close to true. JP Morgan, ExxonMobil, Citi, Chevron, ATT, Comcast,, Walmart, GE, GM, Berkshire Hatahway, Pfizer, Johnson & Jhonson... I could go on. Yes, Apple, MS, FB, Google are huge tech companies, but they are not the most common and not by any means "the most powerful".
- read_if_gay_ 6y ago
  The difference is none of the companies you listed have the same amount of control over the internet. SV giants are the new gatekeepers of information.
  - userbinator 6y ago
    Exactly. Those companies are more of a "you buy things from them" than the "your knowledge and view of the world is filtered through it" of Google. Google yields tremendous power over people just by what results it shows them when they search for things.
    - mike00632 6y ago
      But a better alternative to measure power could be lobbying efforts and spending, which the tech companies are lagging in.
- nostromo 6y ago
  ... do you actually believe that? AT&T is more powerful than Google? Johnson & Johnson is more powerful than Apple?
- amadeuspagel 6y ago
  The most clear and objective way to compare corporations is market capitalization, and the seven corporations with the biggest market cap in the world are all tech companies.[1] How powerful a company is a bit harder to judge, but if anything tech companies punch above their weight when it comes to political power. Johnson & Johnson has ten times the market cap of twitter, but much less political power. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization#2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...