re: The Tyranny of Big Tech - New book coming out tomorrow by Josh Hawley (R Senator in MO)

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That review by Wired is encouraging to me because they didn’t approve of it.

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This.

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Their dominance is the culmination of what he calls “corporate liberalism,” a philosophy in which, he writes, the state and big business conspire to deny the common man his independence and self-government. According to Hawley, corporate liberalism became entrenched a century ago in both major political parties, and today, “Big Tech and Big Government seek to extend their influence over every area of American life.”

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Media is going to try and tells us that Media and business don't simply want to create useless automatons that do nothing but consume. Logically, that is the ideal for both.

They seek to deny independence because people cannot be controlled that way. They aren't useful to the demands of business if they have their own thoughts and motivations.