"Tax is redistributive and getting money back from American companies after they steal it from [everyone] is much harder than simply arranging the system so it's much harder for American companies to steal from [everyone] in the first place..." - Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
(sidebar: I for one am glad you enabled quote-tooting, Cory 😁)
#resist #BigTech #predistribution #tech #business #intpol
All over the world, for all of this decade, governments have been trying to figure out how to rein in America's tech companies.
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https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/10/markets-are-regulations/#carney-found-a-spine
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