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Usually, I would not engage with this kind of conspiracy theory like comments but I think that this particular case has some merit. We are solid in a gray zone

Usually, I would not engage with this kind of conspiracy theory like comments but I think that this particular case has some merit. We are solid in a gray zone where we have to decide where are priorities are. Fair market vs tech dominance in US is a great example. Another one is carbon neutrality vs strong industry in EU. I’m sure there are so many others. It is just important to keep that in mind when building your business because we can easily slide from one side of this gray zone to the other.

mjburgess 3y ago
It's not a conspiracy theory, i'm not quite sure even how that term could possibly apply -- since this describes the ordinary practice of politics. The modern republican party does not support anti-trust enforcement, or indeed, most executive enforcement of anti-corporate regulations. So when they are in office, there isnt any. There's been some increasing bipartisan support for anti-tech anti-trust because republicans perceive them to be (largely accurately) biased towards the cultural left.
- roenxi 3y ago
  The Republicans would be exposing the thinking that has resulted in them losing almost every culture war battle in the last ... I don't know how long. The bureaucracies enforcing anti-trust will lean left. Eventually there will be a bias of anti-trust action used to break up any companies that look to be helping Republican candidate elected. It'll be these Donald Trump court cases all over again. What actually works for the right is free markets. Turns out if they just leave YouTube alone they get Rumble. If they ignore Twitter they get X. If Amazon makes a habit of booting right-wing sites, there will be a right wing version of Amazon. There are more than enough right wing media consumers for a free market to reward right-leaning content. Anti-trust will eventually lead to overregulation and lock in of companies hostile to the right in general and republicans in particular. There is a much better argument for anti-trust to try and defuse the risk of a vast an hasty flash-mob forming and doing something stupid, but as a political response it just isn't going to be effective.
  - Jensson 3y ago
    : The Republicans would be exposing the thinking that has resulted in them losing almost every culture war battle in the last Conservatives always lose cultural battles in the end, that is why they are called conservatives they are the past the future is always progressive. Conservatives have short term victories but long term the conservatives become todays progressives, it is in the definition of the words.
    - roenxi 3y ago
      In the sense that civilisations eventually fall, yes. But as a practical matter until someone comes up with a better idea we should all be conserving capitalism, free markets, liberty and equality. Because the alternatives are much worse. Just because progressives want to change things and change is technically inevitable doesn't mean we can't push the bad ideas out beyond the life of anyone breathing right now.
  - tester756 3y ago
    >What actually works for the right is free markets. Have this "free market" thing ever been tried? Take a look at e.g semiconductor industry.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > modern republican party does not support anti-trust enforcement, or indeed, most executive enforcement of anti-corporate regulations The MAGA GOP is unsettled on antitrust. Its defining elements, however, are loyalty and a strong executive, so presumably there would be support for antitrust action against those deemed disloyal.

mjburgess 3y ago

It's not a conspiracy theory, i'm not quite sure even how that term could possibly apply -- since this describes the ordinary practice of politics. The modern republican party does not support anti-trust enforcement, or indeed, most executive enforcement of anti-corporate regulations. So when they are in office, there isnt any. There's been some increasing bipartisan support for anti-tech anti-trust because republicans perceive them to be (largely accurately) biased towards the cultural left.

roenxi 3y ago
The Republicans would be exposing the thinking that has resulted in them losing almost every culture war battle in the last ... I don't know how long. The bureaucracies enforcing anti-trust will lean left. Eventually there will be a bias of anti-trust action used to break up any companies that look to be helping Republican candidate elected. It'll be these Donald Trump court cases all over again. What actually works for the right is free markets. Turns out if they just leave YouTube alone they get Rumble. If they ignore Twitter they get X. If Amazon makes a habit of booting right-wing sites, there will be a right wing version of Amazon. There are more than enough right wing media consumers for a free market to reward right-leaning content. Anti-trust will eventually lead to overregulation and lock in of companies hostile to the right in general and republicans in particular. There is a much better argument for anti-trust to try and defuse the risk of a vast an hasty flash-mob forming and doing something stupid, but as a political response it just isn't going to be effective.
- Jensson 3y ago
  : The Republicans would be exposing the thinking that has resulted in them losing almost every culture war battle in the last Conservatives always lose cultural battles in the end, that is why they are called conservatives they are the past the future is always progressive. Conservatives have short term victories but long term the conservatives become todays progressives, it is in the definition of the words.
  - roenxi 3y ago
    In the sense that civilisations eventually fall, yes. But as a practical matter until someone comes up with a better idea we should all be conserving capitalism, free markets, liberty and equality. Because the alternatives are much worse. Just because progressives want to change things and change is technically inevitable doesn't mean we can't push the bad ideas out beyond the life of anyone breathing right now.
- tester756 3y ago
  >What actually works for the right is free markets. Have this "free market" thing ever been tried? Take a look at e.g semiconductor industry.
JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> modern republican party does not support anti-trust enforcement, or indeed, most executive enforcement of anti-corporate regulations The MAGA GOP is unsettled on antitrust. Its defining elements, however, are loyalty and a strong executive, so presumably there would be support for antitrust action against those deemed disloyal.