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Ocasio-Cortez calls Big Tech giants' dominance 'unsustainable'
WSLS ^ | 1/27/19 | DONIE O'SULLIVAN, GREGORY KRIEG

Posted on 01/27/2019 2:32:29 PM PST by Libloather

(CNN) - Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has quickly become one of Washington's most prolific social media users, but this weekend the New York freshman said Silicon Valley companies had too much power and that "the current monopoly trend is societally and economically unsustainable."

Ocasio-Cortez's comments came in the aftermath of layoffs at a number of number of news organizations, including BuzzFeed and HuffPost.

"The biggest threats to journalism right now are tech monopolies & concentration of ownership," she tweeted on Saturday, adding: "The fact of the matter is the current monopoly trend is societally & economically unsustainable. We can't simply accept the cliché that 'journalism is dying.' Journalism will only die if we choose not to fight for it - and if journalism dies, our democracy will, too."

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To: Sarcasm Factory

It was socialism by default......a small band in a New World had escaped the evils of a monarchy. For them, it was survival.....

......not a rejection of a capitalistic system that did not exist at that time in our fledgling history.


101 posted on 01/27/2019 6:24:06 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: windsorknot

She might declare that if you ice in your ice water, Glaciers will melt...so she’ll give you a glass of warm water...


102 posted on 01/27/2019 6:31:18 PM PST by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: Fiddlstix
Socialism, the only care of prosperity..Funny...👍
103 posted on 01/27/2019 6:33:54 PM PST by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: Clutch Martin

It’s “Washington is Hollywood for ugly people.”
It was first used by Paul Begala in the 1980s.


104 posted on 01/27/2019 6:34:25 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Libloather

Perfect example of a girl to damn dumb to fornicate!


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To: Lockbox

She was Bernie’s economic advisor - so I would venture to guess either her or one of her ilk is also advising at least AoC, if not other Democrats.


106 posted on 01/28/2019 4:48:31 PM PST by utford
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To: Lockbox

Oh - and killing capitalism may be the goal....


107 posted on 01/28/2019 4:50:45 PM PST by utford
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