I am wondering if it isn’t time to start putting limits on how big a company can get. If you look at all of the social engineering going on you see that much of it is being done by people with a big piece of the pie. Recently Walmart joined the chorus. They don’t have a monopoly on anything but their long run of success has made them the only option in some parts of the country. When you don’t have to compete you can become a Social Justice Warrior. We keep hearing how You Tube, Facebook and Google blatantly discriminate against their political opponents.
The wake up call should have been Alex Jones. I didn’t know much about him except he had a powerful marketing program. For a time on my new smart phone I would swipe left and see what the big stories of the day were. It seemed like most days the first three were Alex Jones. I only listened to a few minutes here and there and came to believe that if we could put aside the bombast and hype I would probably agree with him on most big issues. They went for him and got him out of the limelight. How many others have they done this to.
The problem is that we don’t want the government to pass laws and hire regulators to deal with the issue. Although the target is irresponsible corporations it will only get worse if we give the government more power. At least it has in the past. So no, I don’t think we need more laws. What I think we need is a groundswell of public opinion in which people look up from their smart phones and uninstall the apps. We need to make it a similar situation to what Hollywood is facing. They make $40,000,000 blockbusters and no one buys tickets. Eventually they will run out of money. Eventually the people subsidizing them will stop bailing them out. The same goes for Facebook. What would happen if every business run by someone who cares about liberty would remove the icon from their website?
Until we are willing to change our behavior we need to understand the government cannot save us. I guess the new law we need is a law against making new laws.
Meanwhile 2020 is coming. If you are willing to vote the suckers out then don’t forget to vote. If you are going for samo-samo then stay home and tweet.
homo unius libri
I think anti-trust laws and such were supposed to help with that, but the lawyers always find loopholes.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with anti-trust laws is that they are written and enforced by politicians who are bought and paid for by the people wo are being regulated. Eventually they are used to stifle competition.
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