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alakin
on April 20, 2024
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I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting ...
And you're suggesting what, that we hand the reins to the democratic process you just described as flawed, one that is corrupted by lobbying? Yeah why don't we just take a corrupt institution and put it in charge of more things.
remarkEon
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I don't think that's a suggestion that we have Google take over the country or something. It's an acknowledgement of the Iron Law of Oligarchy[1].
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy
alakin
on April 20, 2024
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Anti monopoly law already handles that.
paulryanrogers
on April 20, 2024
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Or anti-trust would handle that if it weren't neutered by the only criteria being (direct) consumer harm.
paulryanrogers
on April 20, 2024
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I suggest we fix the system we have by making paid lobbying illegal, campaign finance reform, same day primaries, robust anti-trust, etc.
alakin
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Fair and solid focus on government domain issues. It's us the people that will fix govt, instead of govt fixing companies.
paulryanrogers
on April 20, 2024
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If we cannot regulate companies via a government we control then they will regulate us, and in fact they do as much as they can.
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