Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
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Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#2Okay. That's not illegal and there's no evidence of bribery. My congressman also fought for net neutrality and I also gave him money. In fact, I gave him money because I wanted him to fight for net neutrality for me.
Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#3There's plenty of behavior from Google that smacks of anti-trust. From not showing competitors products in search results (protonmail was the most prominent recent case) to locking out customers heavily reliant on Google, they've gotten rather "evil"
Having said that, I have zero confidence in politicians to make this right. If Google is evil, politicians are the spawns of Satan. Republicans probably have a bone to pick with Google given how left leaning googlers are. So this immediately transforms a anti trust issue into Democrats vs Republicans
Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#4There's plenty of behavior from Google that smacks of anti-trust. From not showing competitors products in search results (protonmail was the most prominent recent case) to locking out customers heavily reliant on Google, they've gotten rather "evil" Having said that, I have zero confidence in politicians to make this right. If Google is evil, politicians are the spawns of Satan. Republicans probably have a bone to p…
The fact that your Republicans have bone to pick might turn out to be good for the whole world if they can stop Google.
Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#5Yes those who have money buy political favors in US.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/07/amid-antitrust-talk...
Google has 25 lobbying firms on retainer and spends at least $15M / year on lobbying. That is more than Verizon, Monsanto and Goldman for example, just to pick a few traditional big and scary companies off the top of my head.
Also speaking of Google, it has a pretty wide revolving door: "22 former White House officials moved into jobs at Google, while 31 Google executives took government jobs". It's not necessarily more un-evil or better than Monsanto for example, but many people still think of it as the cute little startup with fun colorful letters in the logo.
Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#6Okay. That's not illegal and there's no evidence of bribery. My congressman also fought for net neutrality and I also gave him money. In fact, I gave him money because I wanted him to fight for net neutrality for me.
You gave your congressman as significant an amount of money as theil did?!
Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#7There's plenty of behavior from Google that smacks of anti-trust. From not showing competitors products in search results (protonmail was the most prominent recent case) to locking out customers heavily reliant on Google, they've gotten rather "evil" Having said that, I have zero confidence in politicians to make this right. If Google is evil, politicians are the spawns of Satan. Republicans probably have a bone to p…
Republicans support big business, though, right?
(Having large successful businesses in blue states provides a well if funds they can transfer to the red states... As we see them doing with the current tax proposals.)
Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#8Nice to see billionaires doing good with their money.
Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#9Are we supposed to assume that by Thiel giving $300k to Hawley's political campaign in 2015, Thiel is behind Hawley's antitrust investigation into Google? Enough with the "click bate" titles and attenuated conclusions. Another article from a major news outlet that contains zero facts supporting its implied premise.
Re: Peter Thiel Gave Money to Attorney General Going After Google
#10There's plenty of behavior from Google that smacks of anti-trust. From not showing competitors products in search results (protonmail was the most prominent recent case) to locking out customers heavily reliant on Google, they've gotten rather "evil" Having said that, I have zero confidence in politicians to make this right. If Google is evil, politicians are the spawns of Satan. Republicans probably have a bone to p…
The fact that your Republicans have bone to pick might turn out to be good for the whole world if they can stop Google.
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