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    Taking back power from tech oligarchs

    I guess it's not really new, just a radical ramp up of the norm. The way I see it, the idea is to finally undo all progress that has been achieved in terms of democratically controlled, public benefit institutions, regulations, and protections of workers and marginalized groups, so that all...
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    Taking back power from tech oligarchs

    I was talking more specifically about these ones. Why aren't they not on strike? I know the answer is basically what you said, it's just still surprising.
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    Taking back power from tech oligarchs

    The Bud Light example was Budweiser trying out a marketing strategy, and failing. So they changed the strategy. It's not like what is happening now, which is a number of billionaires seemingly dead set on ushering in a new "social contract". That's something a lot harder to change by boycotting...
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    Taking back power from tech oligarchs

    I frankly don't think this is going to do anything, but for what it's worth, I'm trying to do it, just so that I'm not dependent on them. There are also other valid reasons to do that. I've also decided to be very cautious about my use of LLMs, because I see where that ship is going and I don't...
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    Taking back power from tech oligarchs

    Personally I don't understand how there isn't yet a general strike on the entire public sector hasn't been declared. In most countries if some government appointed an unelected committee to run around a bunch of services ordering them to simply fire 80% of their personnel and implement drastic...
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    Taking back power from tech oligarchs

    I think the question of "evilness" is irrelevant. I don't know and it doesn't really matter much if x is a "good guy" or not. It's about what it means for a society to let some people have that amount of resources and power in the first place. Even their charity will inevitably be undemocratic...
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    Taking back power from tech oligarchs

    Right, but that was a really "easy" thing, not a real, long term, high stakes strategy of Budweiser.
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    Other How do you identify politically?

    I agree with everything you said, and for this reason I don't know what to answer to this poll. These categories seem too US-oriented. People in most of the rest of the world understand something completely different by "liberal'.
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