A poll of workers of big tech ahs revelead that the majority of them would support efforts by the government to break up their own companies. The chickens have come home to roost.
Big Tech has adopted ideological moral standards that have favored a certain political persuasion, on the most part, what we in this world in current year call ‘the left.’ That group of political thinkers has long had a tradition of being decidedly against mega corpos ruling the markets with monopolistic power.
Big Tech needed people willing to axe people for their beliefs alone, and for that they needed this same group of people, who also overwhelmingly favor censorship of thought as a means of protection against dangerous, non-party-approved thoughts. And now, this crowd of dedicated ‘lefitsts’ willing to axe you for deadnaming a transgender person are now also willing to break up their own company.
A majority of tech workers support antitrust legislation enforcement
From ca.finance.yahoo.com
2021-08-30 15:15:15
Excerpt:
With the arrival of U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, breaking up Big Tech has reemerged as a major policy discussion in Washington. The issue seems to be bipartisan, with Republicans and Democrats alike in favor of stemming monopolistic behavior in the tech industry. Of course, the situation on the ground is more nuanced.
One month after the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance five bipartisan bills that would force Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google to split up or walk away from core businesses, Republican committee members introduced new legislation to give Americans legal recourse against online censorship by Big Tech companies. The more conservative-driven policy measures also propose greater transparency into content moderation practices by Big Tech.
This sparring between lawmakers on how to regulate Big Tech is not expected to end anytime soon. But as the U.S. ushers in a new era of digital transformation accelerated by the pandemic, Congress stands firmly united in the belief that Big Tech’s power must be checked to preserve the free market.
As it stands now, small competitors and consumers alike have little choice but to be tethered to Big Tech to participate in today’s modern economic engine. And coming out of the pandemic, the five biggest tech giants are growing at breathtaking speed unseen before in the history of capitalism.
Big Tech companies have come out strongly against regulation that would break up their business operations, suggesting reform would result in the loss of research and development, impractical market fragmentation and higher service costs to consumers.
A survey commissioned by a tech industry trade group funded by Big Tech companies such as Apple, Facebook and Amazon suggests that Americans view tech regulation as a low priority for Congress. Among those listed as top priority for Americans were the economy, public health, climate change and infrastructure. The survey also revealed that Americans are…
