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Big tech? How about big information, 6 companies control almost all media in the U.S. The U.S. keeps consolidating, the "spin" is that it's all about lower cos
by watertom 6y ago
Big tech? How about big information, 6 companies control almost all media in the U.S.
The U.S. keeps consolidating, the "spin" is that it's all about lower costs to the consumer by allowing "scale", when it reality it's just about monopoly power and the ultra rich getting richer and more powerful.
A two party government.
It's all an illusion of choice.
- wwww4all 6y agoTwo parties are both controlled by the same establishment elite cabal. They also control Big Business, Big Labor, Big Media, Big Tech, etc. It’s all in the open and there’s no question about it anymore.
- ausbah 6y agopretending the democratic party and republican party are identical or even "mostly similar" is a willfully naive reading of politics
- choward 6y agoI disagree. The leaders in those parties are a lot more similar to each other than they are to their base. For the most part they have the share the same neoliberal beliefs. Even though democrats like to pretend they don't, their actions say otherwise.
- chrisco255 6y agoAre you serious? How long have you been following politics for? If you didn't notice, there was almost no difference between George W. Bush and Obama on foreign or domestic policy. The establishment politicians that have been in power for decades simply play to the base during primaries, all the while rigging the primary process against reform candidates and then move right back to the elite consensus after the election.
- ausbah 6y agothere's been a bipartisan consensus on foreign policy for most of the past 20 years; but saying the same thing for Healthcare, immigration, tax policy, or whatever is not true
- marshmallow_12 6y agoso we have not 1 monopoly, but 3. Should that prevent anyone from working on one of them?
- whitepaint 6y agoIt's the feature of the system, at least that's how I view OP's comment. And I agree with that. There's not much to do (unless you think regulations is a good idea or you want to overthrow the current system).
- diegoholiveira 6y ago> The U.S. keeps consolidating, the "spin" is that it's all about lower costs to the consumer by allowing "scale", when it reality it's just about monopoly power and the ultra rich getting richer and more powerful. This is happen all over the world, it's not an American thing. > A two party government. Doesn't matter if the number of parties is 2 or 20. The problem is: the government doesn't have limits. Two things we urgently need, IMO: - An improved and very aggressive antitrust law. - Dramatically reduce what a government can or can't do. Without those two things, I don't hold too much hope of living in a free world.
- throwawayboise 6y ago> An improved and very aggressive antitrust law. - Dramatically reduce what a government can or can't do. Those two things are sort of incompatible?
- goatcode 6y agoMaybe it's either-or. Or, the "what a government can do" could be limited in such a way that it also includes imposing aggressive antitrust law.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoIndeed, that's contradiction in terms worthy of textbooks.
- diegoholiveira 6y agoNot at all. A small government can be strong while applying the laws.
- reaperducer 6y agoBig tech? How about big information Why not both?
- agumonkey 6y agoIs it really due to a particular media corporate hub/gang ? not to sound victim blaming, but I think humans on average likes to babble in front of medias / rumors or similar too much. The medias are born in it and simply reinforce the bubble.. using our own validation bias. It's hard to be aware, hard to criticize, hard to know and integrate all..