ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from usersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square334fedilinkarrow-up1623arrow-down116
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minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down3·10 months agoI mean, the domestic businesses are the ones who own Congress and are using it to get rid of a competitor.
minus-squarekalkulat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·10 months agoAfter the thousands of years of human history I’ve read about, getting rid of competitors seems to have been the primary concern of most of the ruling classes all over the world. Way back to Ur.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months agoRulers don’t play fair, because power corrupts.
I mean, the domestic businesses are the ones who own Congress and are using it to get rid of a competitor.
After the thousands of years of human history I’ve read about, getting rid of competitors seems to have been the primary concern of most of the ruling classes all over the world. Way back to Ur.
Rulers don’t play fair, because power corrupts.