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Zuckerberg threatens “major lawsuit” if Warren tries to break up Facebook

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Re: Zuckerberg threatens “major lawsuit” if Warren tries to break up Facebook

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Post by jfengel »

GeekyBear wrote: post #6
thorwasdfasdf wrote: post #3

We're used to a world of such clear division and fighting between the 2 parties: democrats and republicans. But, The irony here is that it's democrats that are threatening to break up facebook and yet facebook is deeply democratic/liberal.

After their 2016 electoral loss, the Democratic Party huddled up to develop their "Better Deal" agenda, to explain what they would stand for, should voters return control to their party. Antitrust was a huge plank in that platform. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/31/16021844/a...

Do they really believe that something as abstruse as antitrust would resonate with voters? Setting aside the merits of it as policy, I find it hard to believe that a lot of voters are really clamoring for Walmart or Facebook to be broken up.

That said, perhaps a segment of their base would be more energized by attacking large corporations. Appealing to an extreme wing, and using that strength to create broad enthusiasm, worked for their opponents. I used to believe that if you were forced to appeal like that, you couldn't possibly get enough votes from the center, but my intuition appears to be in error.

Re: Zuckerberg threatens “major lawsuit” if Warren tries to break up Facebook

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Post by alloutblitz85 »

thorwasdfasdf wrote: post #3

We're used to a world of such clear division and fighting between the 2 parties: democrats and republicans. But, The irony here is that it's democrats that are threatening to break up facebook and yet facebook is deeply democratic/liberal.

Facebook lobbyists and execs are HIGHLY conservative. Look up their support for Kavanaugh during the confirmation hearings.

Their workers, based in Silicon Valley, may be liberal, but they pay them handsomely enough to not complain about the company.

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Post by unethical_ban »

wpdev_63 wrote: post #7

Well if warren wanted to breakup a tech monopoly it would be amazon retail and aws which subsidizes their business.

IIRC that isn't what she is most concerned about - it is about Amazon Basics and their own store brand being pushed over the results of other brands in the marketplace.

Re: Zuckerberg threatens “major lawsuit” if Warren tries to break up Facebook

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Post by LifeLiverTransp »

wpdev_63 wrote: post #7

Well if warren wanted to breakup a tech monopoly it would be amazon retail and aws which subsidizes their business.

Can a company still be brocken up? Are all those shares off amazon not basically a bet, that no nationstate is still capable of that?

Re: Zuckerberg threatens “major lawsuit” if Warren tries to break up Facebook

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Post by GeekyBear »

jfengel wrote: post #11
GeekyBear wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After their 2016 electoral loss, the Democratic Party huddled up to develop their "Better Deal" agenda, to explain what they would stand for, should voters return control to their party. Antitrust was a huge plank in that platform. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/31/16021844/a...

Do they really believe that something as abstruse as antitrust would resonate with voters? Setting aside the merits of it as policy, I find it hard to believe that a lot of voters are really clamoring for Walmart or Facebook to be broken up. That said, perhaps a segment of their base would be more energized by attacking large corporations. Appealing to an extreme wing, and using that strength to create broad enthusia…

We went through a period where the Democratic Party endorsed the Reagan era Republican theory that consumer prices were the only factor that mattered when considering antitrust action and that it was no longer a goal to protect competition itself.

That period seems to have drawn to a close.

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Post by coldtea »

thorwasdfasdf wrote: post #3

We're used to a world of such clear division and fighting between the 2 parties: democrats and republicans. But, The irony here is that it's democrats that are threatening to break up facebook and yet facebook is deeply democratic/liberal.

>and yet facebook is deeply democratic/liberal.

Facebook is all about making billions for Facebook. It could not care less about democratic vs republican. If the wind turned republican it would turn republican in a heartbeat. If it paid to play it neutral, it would as well. At the moment these two don't align with its interests, so it stands somewhere between neutral and pro-democrat.

Re: Zuckerberg threatens “major lawsuit” if Warren tries to break up Facebook

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Post by GhettoMaestro »

jfengel wrote: post #11
GeekyBear wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After their 2016 electoral loss, the Democratic Party huddled up to develop their "Better Deal" agenda, to explain what they would stand for, should voters return control to their party. Antitrust was a huge plank in that platform. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/31/16021844/a...

Do they really believe that something as abstruse as antitrust would resonate with voters? Setting aside the merits of it as policy, I find it hard to believe that a lot of voters are really clamoring for Walmart or Facebook to be broken up. That said, perhaps a segment of their base would be more energized by attacking large corporations. Appealing to an extreme wing, and using that strength to create broad enthusia…

Respectfully, I am not so sure that you are correct with your sentiment. I know a lot of privacy-concerned folks that are center of right who wouldn't mind FB being kneecapped. I view this as significant, as these are people who usually view government interference in business matters akin to messing with religion.
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