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The growing power of Facebook and others bothers me. Even though I support free trade and less government, I think it might be worth considering a break up of this monopoly of ideological influence.

I saw a documentary on Mark Zuckerberg that I found troubling in its exposing of his lack of conscience and ruthless way of dealing with and dominating people.

Dealing with him and his political objectives is not something I think our DOJ can handle.

1 posted on 11/22/2018 8:36:19 PM PST by Baynative
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To: Baynative

Just bankrupt them to death with lawfare like they do.


2 posted on 11/22/2018 8:38:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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Monopolies and oligopolies are not consistent with free markets. In this case, government action against monopolies protect the individual’s right to compete.

Monopolies drive competitors out of business by selling below cost. Then when they have taken over the market, they overcharge and quality goes down. Standard Oil, Railroads and ATT are classic examples.

They also lobby government officials to support regulations that thwart upstart competitors. They also use the legal system to engage in “lawfare” to drive out smaller competitors.

So, opposition to monopolies should not be considered antithetical to free markets and the proper use of government to protect individual rights.


4 posted on 11/22/2018 8:54:48 PM PST by grumpygresh (Abolish administrative law. It's regressive, medieval and unconstitutional!)
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To: Baynative

The diminishing power of facebook...

Fixed it...


5 posted on 11/22/2018 8:56:12 PM PST by NCDave (AKA, "That idiot over there")
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>> antitrust proceedings against tech giants Google, Amazon, and Facebook

Comcast and TWC/ATT are far worse. And you subscribers should speak up!


7 posted on 11/22/2018 9:04:08 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Baynative; beef; BullDog108; Califreak; cgbg; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; dirtymac; Fedora; ...

This is the Facebook Is Evil ping list.

If you'd like to be on or off this list, please click Private Reply below and drop me a FReepmail.

8 posted on 11/22/2018 9:04:35 PM PST by upchuck (When hatred of culture becomes itself a part of culture, the life of the mind loses all meaning.)
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To: Baynative
Why don't we just respond with a “Conservative” Facebook?

The idea that the Hard Left totally corrupt Department of Justice, and the politically corrupt federal judiciary, are going to dismantle or regulate Facebook and Google is a sick comedy.

9 posted on 11/22/2018 9:07:56 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: Baynative

Ehh, just lob a couple of multi-megaton nukes on Silicon Valley. Didn’t one of the CA Congresscritters just threaten to nuke gun owners? So turnabout is fair play, right?


10 posted on 11/22/2018 9:18:58 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Baynative

It is a war they will lose.


12 posted on 11/22/2018 9:31:35 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Baynative

Bookmark Bump


18 posted on 11/23/2018 4:12:37 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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To: Baynative

FB and all the others will be doing what they were born to do: use the internet to promote leftist, hate-America values and to trash Trump.


19 posted on 11/23/2018 4:36:39 AM PST by I want the USA back (It's Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
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To: Baynative

There is no viable alternative to FB. I have family in other countries and it’s the only way to effectively communicate to all of them.

I know for a fact that certain posts do not reach certain people in specific countries - they’re censoring content at the behest of the respective government. FB is working directly with the Chinese government to control information.

This is evil and is far too much power for one company to have. Google, Paypal, YouTube, Twitter, etc. are no different. Voices are being silenced as well as being financially handicapped when Paypal cancels accounts. These are the same tactics that the Nazi’s used on the Jews.

Between this crap and globalism (open borders) we’re heading straight into a storm.


24 posted on 11/23/2018 6:51:40 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Baynative

Clinton wrote the corporate shakedown for donations to his political party; Obama put his administration into the corporate board rooms. Trump will break the DNC corporate nexus and hit them with antitrust.


29 posted on 11/23/2018 8:27:45 AM PST by Jumper
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Kate Patchen, the chief of the Department of Justice's antitrust division in San Francisco, has joined Facebook as director and associate general counsel of litigation.

Conflict of interest much?

36 posted on 11/24/2018 5:42:25 AM PST by Lazamataz (You know, when I advised Democrats to vote AFTER Nov 6th, I didn't think they'd actually DO it.)
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