No, Google is Not a Monopoly
By Thomas L. Knapp On October 20, the US Department of Justice — joined by 11 Republican state attorneys general — filed a civil lawsuit against Google, with the stated goal of stopping it from “unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising markets.” The lawsuit is […]
Facebook Isn’t a “Monopoly” — Let’s Not Make it Into One
By Thomas L. Knapp Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, adding his voice to calls to “break up” the social media giant, calls it a “powerful monopoly, eclipsing all of its rivals and erasing competition.” In recent years, we’ve seen similar claims, and heard demands for similar remedies, aimed at Google, Amazon, and other large companies. […]
Wow. This is even more disgusting than the United scandal
April 17, 2017 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Last week the Internet was ablaze with disgust after a man was physically dragged off a United Airlines flight. What’s amazing, though, is that there are countless cases of another industry abusing its customers in far, far worse ways than the airlines. I’m talking, of course, about the […]
“Why (gasp!), Bernie Sanders is a SOCIALIST!”
By Butler Shaffer August 21, 2015 Yes, and so are all the other presidential candidates; and all the other politicians; and all political parties; and all political systems! Throughout human history, and regardless of the label under which any have operated, every political system has been premised on the arrogated authority to preempt decision making over the […]
