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Doubtful... it seems neither party is interested in breaking up monopolies. They'd both rather bend them to their interests is some selfish power move.

dylan604 5y ago
What's the point in the breaking up, if you just let the pieces reassemble a few years later?
- frockington1 5y ago
  Campaign buzzwords. It's the same reason neither party will actually do anything about 2A or abortion. Can't get your base riled up if the issue is resolved
  - dylan604 5y ago
    I would love to see an amendment passed that limits all campaigns to the 3 months immediately preceding an election. Campaign, get elected, go to work, and not campaign, get elected, immediately start campaigning again. It's never not campaign season. Except we can't pass an amendment because everyone is campaigning.
nobody9999 5y ago
>Doubtful... it seems neither party is interested in breaking up monopolies. They'd both rather bend them to their interests is some selfish power move. Except reality[0] doesn't comport with your statement. That's not to say that the bills proposed are perfect, but they are from one party (and not the one trying to block municipal broadband in OH). Just some food for thought. [0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/five-new-bills-aim-to-break-up-big-tech-platforms-force-them-to-play-nice/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/five-new-bills-a...
- CountDrewku 5y ago
  >but they are from one party (and not the one trying to block municipal broadband in OH). Did you even read the article you linked? There's clear Republican involvement... "“Big Tech companies are stifling American innovation with their monopolistic behavior,” said Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Tex.), who co-sponsored two of the bills."" "Bipartisan movement It’s unclear whether any of these bills will pass. The last one, the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act, appears most likely at this point since it’s a relatively incremental piece of legislation that already has bipartisan support in both chambers. But the fact that the other bills, which garnered bipartisan support in the otherwise highly partisan House, suggests that a major overhaul of antitrust law may be imminent, even if these specific bills don’t survive." >Except reality[0] doesn't comport with your statement. Let me know when they pass....

dylan604 5y ago

What's the point in the breaking up, if you just let the pieces reassemble a few years later?

frockington1 5y ago
Campaign buzzwords. It's the same reason neither party will actually do anything about 2A or abortion. Can't get your base riled up if the issue is resolved
- dylan604 5y ago
  I would love to see an amendment passed that limits all campaigns to the 3 months immediately preceding an election. Campaign, get elected, go to work, and not campaign, get elected, immediately start campaigning again. It's never not campaign season. Except we can't pass an amendment because everyone is campaigning.

nobody9999 5y ago

>Doubtful... it seems neither party is interested in breaking up monopolies. They'd both rather bend them to their interests is some selfish power move. Except reality[0] doesn't comport with your statement. That's not to say that the bills proposed are perfect, but they are from one party (and not the one trying to block municipal broadband in OH). Just some food for thought. [0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/five-new-bills-aim-to-break-up-big-tech-platforms-force-them-to-play-nice/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/five-new-bills-a...

CountDrewku 5y ago
>but they are from one party (and not the one trying to block municipal broadband in OH). Did you even read the article you linked? There's clear Republican involvement... "“Big Tech companies are stifling American innovation with their monopolistic behavior,” said Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Tex.), who co-sponsored two of the bills."" "Bipartisan movement It’s unclear whether any of these bills will pass. The last one, the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act, appears most likely at this point since it’s a relatively incremental piece of legislation that already has bipartisan support in both chambers. But the fact that the other bills, which garnered bipartisan support in the otherwise highly partisan House, suggests that a major overhaul of antitrust law may be imminent, even if these specific bills don’t survive." >Except reality[0] doesn't comport with your statement. Let me know when they pass....