• pachrist@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I am a little confused by this because I think they’re kind of technically right?

    Democrat corporate interest will absolutely keep them from going after big tech. Maybe they think and ponder about some antitrust stuff, to save face, but it comes to nothing. Any significant change we’ve had recently has come from legislation in the EU.

    Republicans are absolutely more likely to go after big tech than Democrats. But it’s not because they’re altruistic or down to help the scrappy little guy. They’re petty. They hold grudges. They’re still mad tech companies clamped down on them over Covid. But, they haven’t been bribed yet, but once they are, this goes away.

    That’s why all these contributions are coming into the inauguration fund. There’s more to come.

    But that only works on the Republicans who haven’t drunk the Koolaid, and there are more and more Republican politicians who drink as much Koolaid as they possibly can. They’re not the classic grifters taking advantage of their constituents, they’re diehard believers, and that’s way scarier. They’re the most likely to retaliate against big tech.

    I guess the “Trump supports the little guy,” take is bad, but the “Republicans are more likely to hurt big tech,” is not. Never underestimate pettiness.

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      9 hours ago

      Republicans are absolutely more likely to go after big tech than Democrats.

      Do you not consider Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos “big tech”?

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        Do you consider Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos “Democrats”? They’ll go wherever the wind blows, which right now, is with Republicans. They’re billionaires. They have no loyalty to anyone or anything beyond their mountains of gold.

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        7 hours ago

        Only one of of those was actively sucking up before he won. The others were hedging their bets.

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      9 hours ago

      “Republicans are more likely to hurt big tech” … by politicizing big tech. Basically this is everything trump touches turns to shit and the proton CEO just reached out and touched trump. The republican party cannot touch anything today without politicizing it.

      Edit/addendum: Portraying brand damage as “real consequences” is definitely wishful thinking/dumb conflation. Democrats legitimately were prosecuting big tech companies for a variety of regulatory transgressions that republicans for sure won’t bother to continue.

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      8 hours ago

      Republicans are absolutely more likely to go after big tech than Democrats.

      Nani? Trump replaced Lina Khan.