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[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

How the fuck were they even allowed to merge? It’s the definition of a god damn monopoly.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 14 points 3 months ago

Politicians and justices are bought by the same corporations who are becoming monopolies.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago

And the best part about it is that the people getting bribes are the ones who get to decide if getting bribes is ok!

Totally Not A Broken System!™

(Fuck you goddamn naive founding fathers. Integrity died like 100 years ago yet our entire government depends on people having it...)

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 2 points 3 months ago

Don't worry. The country is going to start it's death rattle in about a year when fascism takes over due to the wealthy prefering fascism over any semblence of socialism.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Other than pure corruption, there's a lot of issues with plain old tech illiteracy. Going to bat against a legal team specifically trained to talk circles around aging justices and politicians is a real losing formula. This was on full display during the Cambridge Analytica trial.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It turns out you can choose whatever laws you want if you give a few tens of thousands to some Congressmen or an RV to Clarence Thomas.

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