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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hard to effectively punish entities that feel no pain and are otherwise basically immortal

Best we can really do is mow the grass periodically (which the US gov has been failing to do for a LONG time now, although we're starting to see anti-trust rumblings in the tech industry now thankfully)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not the best we can do, though. The best we could do would be for workers to own the means of production.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The best we can realistically do in our current time and place, then

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Nah, we could definitely start taking back business thru unions and co-ops