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National security could be a valid concern. But Danish media leveraging DK gov't to rollback the reality could never be a success story. Those media are failin

National security could be a valid concern. But Danish media leveraging DK gov't to rollback the reality could never be a success story. Those media are failing not because they are not in the US. Established American media have the same troubles and complains.

Herring 9mo ago
I'm ok with it. I think this situation is caused by the Baumol effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol_effect I think it's ok if the highly productive parts of society subsidize the crucial-but-low-productivity areas (healthcare, education, etc). Otherwise this happens https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/teachers-pay.html https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/te... See all the important careers on the bottom right of the first graph. Then your people elect fascists because the media and education systems suck and they don't know any better.
- petcat 9mo ago
  Why is it the responsibility of American tech companies to subsidize Danish news and media industries? If it's really that important for national security, shouldn't the Danish government be setting up some kind of a state journalism fund to subsidize it themselves? This is just a shakedown of American companies.
  - Herring 9mo ago
    Denmark has one of the most comprehensive media subsidy systems in the world. Google makes a lot of money off monopolizing advertising in Denmark. They are just playing hardball, they don’t think they can be replaced.
    - petcat 9mo ago
      > The publishers say that their industry is bleeding out while they wait for a deal that may never come. It sounds like their government needs to do even more subsidizing if they're really that reliant on US companies to pay their bills.
      - Herring 9mo ago
        Yep, see the article > Denmark isn’t just resisting U.S. tech; it is one of the few nations actively building its own sovereign alternatives for critical infrastructure. > In Rogaczewski’s view, sovereign digitization is not just a defensive measure against Silicon Valley; it is the only way to maintain the welfare state in the 21st century. It'll just take a while cause Google is so big.

Herring 9mo ago

I'm ok with it. I think this situation is caused by the Baumol effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol_effect I think it's ok if the highly productive parts of society subsidize the crucial-but-low-productivity areas (healthcare, education, etc). Otherwise this happens https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/teachers-pay.html https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/te... See all the important careers on the bottom right of the first graph. Then your people elect fascists because the media and education systems suck and they don't know any better.

petcat 9mo ago
Why is it the responsibility of American tech companies to subsidize Danish news and media industries? If it's really that important for national security, shouldn't the Danish government be setting up some kind of a state journalism fund to subsidize it themselves? This is just a shakedown of American companies.
- Herring 9mo ago
  Denmark has one of the most comprehensive media subsidy systems in the world. Google makes a lot of money off monopolizing advertising in Denmark. They are just playing hardball, they don’t think they can be replaced.
  - petcat 9mo ago
    > The publishers say that their industry is bleeding out while they wait for a deal that may never come. It sounds like their government needs to do even more subsidizing if they're really that reliant on US companies to pay their bills.
    - Herring 9mo ago
      Yep, see the article > Denmark isn’t just resisting U.S. tech; it is one of the few nations actively building its own sovereign alternatives for critical infrastructure. > In Rogaczewski’s view, sovereign digitization is not just a defensive measure against Silicon Valley; it is the only way to maintain the welfare state in the 21st century. It'll just take a while cause Google is so big.