I'm Getting Real Down On Elizabeth Warren

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Here’s a video about Google, part 7 in an 8 part documentary called Technocracy about how horrifyingly big tech companies treat their users. This might give you a clue:





While there isn’t a video devoted to Amazon specifically, they do come up quite a bit, specifically in the episode on digital distribution. If her plans to break up Amazon and Google involve anything like the sort of “Digital Bill of Rights” that appears starting about 25 minutes into this video, this has my full support:

It was very difficult to get through those videos with the narrator speaking at such ridiculous speeds. Still, there was some scary stuff brought up, especially in the second video. Still, this just suggests to me that regulation is needed. Nothing new here. Human beings are flawed. We cannot be trusted as individuals to do the right thing. We need oversight.

There is a big difference between bringing sensible regulation into new industries to address these issues as opposed to flailing in panic and attacking these industries.

My perception remains that Warren is a fucking nut who is massively over-reacting. I can get onboard with slapping down regulations to prevent this new industry from abusing its power but to break it up out of fear seems more like a play from the conservatives. It's reactionary and dangerous.