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American consumers have no democratic control of that duopoly either.

• lobocinza 5mo ago
  To be fair both are publicly traded and owning shares would give you voting rights.
  • brnt 5mo ago
    Point is: traded companies function like a democracy in which money is a vote, which is the opposite of democracy.
  • cuteboy19 4mo ago
    this doesn’t sound reassuring. there is not a nationality test on buying shares
• dismalaf 5mo ago
  They're protected by the laws of their country. Foreigners aren't. That's the point. Americans corporations have shown they'll just pull out of countries if the law comes down on them too hard.