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Yeah but is government really less corrupt than big tech? Its very human to want a hero come save the day but I fear that we'd just be replacing one bad actor
by dox_shepherd 3y ago
Yeah but is government really less corrupt than big tech?
Its very human to want a hero come save the day but I fear that we'd just be replacing one bad actor with another.
- input_sh 3y agoIf we still lived under monarchy, I'd agree 100%, but we don't. There's at least a theoretical chance of voting the government out in favour of someone marginally better. I don't know what are the odds of that happening, but it's definitely bigger than 0%. And if we're not in the board of directors of a company, our odds of making them less corrupt is precisely 0%.
- qp11 3y agoAlso post world war 2, the Japanese govts did pull it off by taking control of industry and getting everyone to row in a particular direction.
- ethbr1 3y agoThe government as a monolith, probably? The government in specific departments, maybe? Corporate combinations are profit machines. Governments are bureaucracy and vote-getting machines. Pick your monomaniacalism. But! Bureaucracy does have the benefit of being defined by law. Which... big tech really doesn't.