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[–] DaddleDew 502 points 3 months ago (124 children)

No shit. Now do Amazon, apple, meta, Microsoft, Disney and all the food conglomerates. Then it will have been a good start.

[–] [email protected] 167 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 87 points 3 months ago

Would be nice if we didn't let them kill off so many other businesses first before doing something about it.

[–] disguy_ovahea 117 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 74 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Too big to fail financial industry should go first.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago

oil, pharma... most of all critical aspects of every day life is controlled by oligopolies

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Too big to fail" shouldn't exist

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I still don't understand how the Californian government bailed them out when they were bankrupt, yet they were allowed to remain an independent company? Why didn't the government take full control?

Electricity in cities in the Bay Area that have their own municipal power company (like Palo Alto and Santa Clara) is literally 1/3 the cost of PG&E.

[–] jaybone 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

FUUUUUUUUUUUCK PG&E

Fuck them. If there was ever a case to be made for government owned utilities (and like why is that even a debate in the first place?) these assholes would be the poster child.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Because the USA haven't had the balls to hold corporations responsible for their actions in decades. They can save them from failure, but have no willpower to correct any of their malevolent behaviors.

I really hope this generation is the one that finally changes that trend.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Gotta keep the rich people rich so they can fund my campaign.

It’s not about the balls to hold them responsible, it’s about not biting the hand that feeds you. They don’t want to do anything about it.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 months ago

Cable companies too please.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

The food companies fly low under the radar. They definitely need a wake up call.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I don't think they'll ever do anything serious to apple. That shit is untouchable.

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