We live in Friedman's world, but it wasn't always thus. When Friedman set out to restore America's deposed oligarchs to their Gilded Age thrones, his ideas were *incredibly* unpopular. The post-war reforms - #trustbusting, #unions, environmental and labor protections, #SocialSecurity, etc - were wildly popular.

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#5yrsago #MurLafferty wrote a science fiction story about the DMCA to help EFF’s fair use for vidders campaign https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/eff-presents-mur-laffertys-science-fiction-story-about-our-fair-use-petition

#5yrsago The paperback of #Walkaway is out today, along with reissues of all my adult novels in matching covers! https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-paperback-of-walkaway-is-out-today-along-with-reissues-of-all-my-adult-novels-in-matching-covers/

#5yrsago The emerging split in modern #trustbusting: #AlexanderHamilton’s #FullyAutomatedLuxuryCommunism vs #ThomasJefferson’s #Redecentralization https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-emerging-split-in-modern-trustbusting-alexander-hamiltons-fully-automated-luxury-communism-vs-thomas-jeffersons-redecentralization/

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Until now. For the first time in two generations, the Biden administration has taken up the neglected, noble art of #trustbusting, blocking mergers and promising to break up the mergers we've already seen, through enforcers like #JonathanKanter at the DoJ Antitrust Division and #LinaKhan at the #FTC:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/party-its-1979-og-antitrust-back-baby

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This is true for every country.. or at least will be if we don't get the stones to fix it

#bringbackthetrustbuster #trustbusting #busting #fuckthecorporatebastards
https://youtu.be/ayrVYwoe-DY

There have been lots of other abusive "platform" businesses in the past - famously, 19th century railroads and their #RobberBaron owners were so obnoxiously abusive that they spawned the #trustbusting movement, the #ShermanAct, and modern competition law. Did the rail barons do enshittification, too?

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Today, Senate minority Republicans are putting in a little effort on behalf of American consumers. Any chance of anything like that from the House majority, Kevin? Kevin? Kevin?…

#KevinMcCarthy #Trustbusting

https://mastodon.online/@ddayen/109745158519943290

@rbreich Time for some #TeddyRoosevelt style #trustbusting!

@rbreich Let's do this again. Gotta use hashtags or your message doesn't get out as effectively. #MastodonTips

#Corporate #Concentration #CorporateConcentration #Oligopoly #Trustbusting #GovernmentNegligence #WallStreet #Airlines #DrugCompanies #MeatProcessing