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> The situation is actually worse than when the US was founded (e.g. "6% of the population can vote"), because the owners of the tech giants are only a handful
by oytis 5y ago
> The situation is actually worse than when the US was founded (e.g. "6% of the population can vote"), because the owners of the tech giants are only a handful of people who can override any decision. There's only one Amazon CEO, he's called Jeff Bezos, and he has total control.
a) Bezos is not a CEO anymore
b) He owns 11% of Amazon, which is the largest share, but still pretty far from "total control".
- anarcat 5y agoI stand corrected: a) Bezos is not CEO since July, he's Executive Chairman b) he only owns 11%, yet he's the richest (or second richest) man on earth I don't know if I would call this "pretty far from total control". Maybe it's far from "total control of planet earth", but he's certainly playing in that range. Point is: you don't have a say in what Amazon does, period. Not even a vote, however insignificant that might be.