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> Legislation definitely needs to be part of the solution. Yup, that's about where I'm at. Standard Oil wasn't broken up because a lot of people made extremel
by munk-a 5y ago
> Legislation definitely needs to be part of the solution.
Yup, that's about where I'm at. Standard Oil wasn't broken up because a lot of people made extremely rational arguments about how much monopolies hurt long term economic health to Rockefeller and he just changed his mind. It was broken up because the government stepped in.
Advertising is costing America an intense amount of productivity and we're going to need regulations and constraints to help restrict it (vermont has greatly benefited from said billboard restrictions)
- jefftk 5y ago> Advertising is costing America an intense amount of productivity How so?
- munk-a 5y agoIt is devaluing our services causing them to be less competitive and decreasing worker productivity by lowering the enjoyment of leisure activities leading to higher stress and increasing tool friction. If you want numbers - I don't have them... but the effects on our mental health are pretty clear.