[skak]

How do you (and most other people, especially Americans) not realize how unrealistic this is? It’s such a common refrain to say “break `em up!” but it seems as if nobody stops to question why it never happens despite it’s popularity...

These corporations control the government because the same people demanding to “break `em up!” have also been demanding “small government!” for decades on end, which in practice simply means a government that works for the corporate private sector.

The morale of this story is that your solution is no solution at all, and to the extent that it is a solution the means to implement it are nowhere to be found.

[danShumway]

> These corporations control the government

So proposing these bills is more feasible, because... why exactly? Are you under the impression that corporations aren't allowed to lobby about bills?

What makes you think that legislating tech will be easier than breaking tech up? Complicated rules about vertical integration aren't going to be less susceptible to lobbying and corporate FUD.