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by volgo 9y ago
The point for government to breakup anything is to prevent monopoly. NYTimes is far from a monopoly - there are tons of news site with more traffic. But there's no competitor that comes close to Facebook
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by volgo 9y ago
The most relevant example would be the break up of NBC / ABC [1] in the early days of broadcasting. They were simply split into two companies that do exactly the same thing, but were now natural competitors We could do the same with Fa
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by volgo 9y ago
> Wealth inequality in Colombia is high, but actually lower than wealth inequality in the US by most measures When everyone's at the bottom, there's little wealth inequality
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by volgo 9y ago
The reason to bring US into discussions like this is more because it's a familiar comparison, and less of whataboutism. When you look at something objectively, it's hard to know how sinister (or lack thereof) it is. Because most f
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by volgo 9y ago
At what point is "propaganda" just annoying advertising? I mean, I've seen these silly promotion ads where they interview random people who say China is great. They're annoying, but not unlike random mattress ads or eboo
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by volgo 9y ago
Finally, a viable business model for self driving cars
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by volgo 9y ago
Really? I wouldnt call India a democratic success. I worked in India for a few months doing recruiting and have seen more poverty than I’m comfortable with, and I’ve been to some really poor countries. Old women selling vegetables for penni