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Pray tell, for which special-interest groups is the venerable senator a mouthpiece?
by treetalker 6mo ago
Pray tell, for which special-interest groups is the venerable senator a mouthpiece?
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- KetoManx64 6mo agoThe AI companies, obviously. They use government puppets to create regulation that put competitors out of business under the guide of "child safety" and "threat to everything you hold dear". https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai-secretly-funded-child-safety-164135813.html https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai...
- bko 6mo agoBootleggers and Baptists is a concept put forth by regulatory economist Bruce Yandle, derived from the observation that regulations are supported both by groups that want the ostensible purpose of the regulation, and by groups that profit from undermining that purpose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleggers_and_Baptists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleggers_and_Baptists
- robotburrito 6mo agoPeople who want healthcare and maybe kids who would like school lunch I guess?
- treetalker 6mo agoThis was my sense as well. I was unaware of Sanders's being in the pocket of any AI companies or folks, and I don't see any evidence to the contrary from the other commenters.