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		SaltyBackendGuy on June 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad te... I literally almost wrote this. I am glad I didn't because because you framed it better. My gut tells me that there's no financial incentive for the government to target them. I.E. telco lobbies

game_the0ry on June 5, 2020 [–]

Yes, lobbying is the root defect in the operating system of governance. This is what happens when business can buy legislative outcomes - Americans can't afford medicine when the rest of the world gets it cheaply.

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