Google's Work with China Eroding US Military Advantage, Dunford Says

If ever there were a reason to get politicians on the side of breaking up Google (or any other tech company), I imagine this would be it.

I agree that a breakup of Google might be wise for a host of reasons, but how would a breakup help in this particular case? Some or all of the daughter companies could continue these kinds of relationships post-breakup.

I would think a government response to control this kind of activity would involve some form of deglobalization -- such as export controls or other regulations.

That's optimistic. It could just as well be seen as another excuse to throw even more money at the defense industry. "Google works with China now, so we need to triple the size of our surface fleet."

Now ask yourself, which one seems more attractive to a cynical US politician who wants to bring in more jobs for his state? Does a senator from Texas or New York advocate for splitting up Google because it will open the market for other tech businesses that could choose to headquarter in Texas or New York, but will probably also choose California? Or will they decide to increase the size of the surface fleet, knowing they can get parts of those ships manufactured in their states? I fear the later is more appealing to this sort of person.

Google should embark on somerhing else in total, at least to get some of My respect.

They are such an infantile company it seems.

Not sure how a broken-up google would be sharing less with China.

The US military is a total centrally planned monopoly itself. Maybe the US military should not be spending so much money on bases overseas, and trillions of dollars unaccounted for. We have 800 bases and the rest of the world has 30. The taxpayer funds all of it, but has very little say or oversight.