Reminds me of this classic gem:

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You’re right. It’s almost like we could benefit from some sort of…consumer financial protection bureau.

Joking aside, this is a hard problem to solve with multinational corporations running the show. I certainly don’t think we sufficiently regulate corps in the states, quite the opposite really - they buy politicians in a legalized bribery scheme we call “campaign finance donations,” and are never held accountable for this type of predatory behavior.

This problem is 10x worse on an international scale, no idea how to solve for it. Maybe something like the TPP could have helped but not sure.

JFC, win_blows_.

Perhaps someone with so little self control of their utterances should not in fact get to be elected to the highest office in the land. Just a thought.

Relax bidey-bro, this thread is about data privacy laws, not general stuff. The only relevant one I’m aware of is DMCA, which was in fact signed into law by Bill Clinton.

If only he could say something true instead of only lies. Just this once.

What an absolute ghoul.

When we reform campaign finance laws so that corporate media can no longer buy policy positions, things can change. Until then it’s not happening, because this exact thing resulted in the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine during Reagan’s presidency in 1987.

lol!

lmao even.

You’re right, but consider that virtually all forms of media have been working overtime to reduce average attention spans to the narrowest possible window over the past 20-30 years. This can make it much more difficult for the informed messages to register before that next notification fires off.

Yep, this is good for Lemmy

Yet another prime example of why we must get money out of politics to preserve democracy. End the legalized bribes.

This would actually be pretty cool, and might even work to restore some balance to the scales of justice. Alas, I don’t think Biden has the requisite cojones.

Yes! Love to see such expert handling of the common conservative framing on issues.

Gee, what could have possibly clued Biden into the fact that Netenyahu was being disingenuous? Could it possibly have been the fact that after every time they spoke, Bibi would immediately go on-air in Israeli press and brag about what a little removed Biden is and how he’s completely in Bibi’s pocket? Could that have been a sign?!

First of all, I just want to acknowledge how humorous the point you’re making is given your name, Zek.

Second, I hear you. What I’m saying is that in the states we have seen a disturbing lack of interest in trust busting over the past 20-30 years, and it’s led to some ridiculous monopolization in some markets. Tech is definitely one area that suffers from this. You’re right that EU regulators could push back on this if they wanted to, but think about what that might mean if nvidia/intel decided to play hardball. We are presently in a golden age of AI where nvidia’s products are basically the mainstay of the entire market…it could really set the EU back competitively if they chose to refuse those products at this particular juncture. I think they would face enormous pressure to simply accept the deal, in this hypothetical.

Don’t be so sure about that.

💀 I think we can all agree, at least the best orator since Abraham Lincoln.

The oldest and the orangest candidate ever - lots of people are saying it.