[refurb]

This comes across as an odd position - you don’t think big tech has the ear of the president? Aren’t there pictures of Obama dining with Silicon Valley “elite”?

You mention building houses. The answer is of course big tech can get that done - it’s just not a priority regardless of what they say

[michaelt]

When I look at copyright laws, they don't seem like they're written by big tech - they seem like they're written by Disney and the RIAA, without Youtube getting any say.

When I look at patents I see a system almost everyone in tech thinks is a joke, doing nothing but enriching a few Texan lawyers and judges.

When I look at immigration laws like H1B visas, I see a bizarre system that works for a few places like WiPro who are willing to scam the system, but that's useless for most of the tech industry.

When I look at Ajit Pai being appointed head of the FCC, I see an appointment telephone companies love - but that everyone in tech thinks is a recipe for rent extraction.

The fact that the guy who was president before the guy who was the president before the guy who's currently president once had dinner with some tech bigwigs doesn't count for much in comparison.

[refurb]

You can't be serious? There have been congressional hearing on big tech monopolies and stopping "disinformation". The CEOs of the FAANGS were intimately involved in the presidential election last year.

If anything, tech weight far more power than any of the other industries you mentioned.