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by teddyh 1362 days ago
We only tolerate capitalism since it brings better results for consumers and society. If a “winner” is allowed to take over and have too much control, this condition fails, and it’s time to do some of: 1. break up monopolies, 2. regulate corporate behavior, and/or 3. nationalize industries. And let the cycle start again.
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corytheboyd 1362 days ago
Well, why hasn't that happened yet then? I'm all for dreaming about a utopic perfect world-- I too wish we could just have it. But here we are still, and it just doesn't seem to be changing.

I do think we should point the finger at companies like Amazon and Microsoft before Cloudflare though.

We would also likely not have those companies without capitalism to begin with. Or computers. Which actually sounds pretty nice... haha

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teddyh 1362 days ago
> Well, why hasn't that happened yet then?

It hasn’t happened because revolving doors, fascism, etc. The state, tasked with doing these things, is not doing them.

> I do think we should point the finger at companies like Amazon and Microsoft before Cloudflare though.

Luckily, I have more than one finger to point. There is certainly enough blame to go around. But if you try to argue against criticizing Cloudflare because others also deserve blame, then you’ve lost me.

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