Break Up the Big Four: Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple

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Video was dope, crazy seeing how little taxes big corporations pay.....
Just further drives home the point that everyone hates paying taxes, even corporations. Just like everyone lies on their taxes as well. :yeshrug:
With that said, I think the American / World economy is in danger if these big four continue on their path of consumption.
Large monopolies aren't good for the United States.
Think of it like this, eventually monopolies get so big, that there's no variation. When there's no variation, that's because there's no competition and when there's no competition guess what that system in place is called?
communism....

are you going actually comment?

That's not communism :mjlol:
 

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Will get worse... Because the people who can change it (politicians ) are paid for and sponsored.
We need to accept it
Or start a socialist revolution that ends capitalism
With our current system we'll have to accept this reality.

On a side note- whats wrong with these Monopolies?- all are dope companies with good products and they earned their positions. Survival of the fit is nature.
 

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Apple isnt really the big issue.

Its Facebook, Google, and Amazon that need to be splintered.
Yea, information is power, and those companies have concentrated it.

How could they be broken up though? Their core businesses are the single functions that have given them that power.
 

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Will get worse... Because the people who can change it (politicians ) are paid for and sponsored.
We need to accept it
Or start a socialist revolution that ends capitalism
With our current system we'll have to accept this reality.

On a side note- whats wrong with these Monopolies?- all are dope companies with good products and they earned their positions. Survival of the fit is nature.
Yeah, value for value wise I really personally don't have a problem with them. I like Google a lot actually, I rarely use Facebook or apple and I have had issues with Amazon but generally they are no worse service/product wise than any other entity I deal with. Whether it be another conglomerate or a mom and pop store.
But the paying off politicians and just the tenet of capitalism is why it is necessary to break the up/curb their influence.
 

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On a side note- whats wrong with these Monopolies?- all are dope companies with good products and they earned their positions. Survival of the fit is nature.
If people really operated on survival of the fittest, you'd be long gone off this planet.

The problem is wealth distribution.
 

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If people really operated on survival of the fittest, you'd be long gone off this planet.

The problem is wealth distribution.
Not true...

Because Im physically superior to the majority and... Other qualities.

Ntm- your entire Caucasian race would be gone.


The problem is wealth distribution, however that paraidgm was created by those more focused on survival.
 

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Not true...

Because Im physically superior to the majority and... Other qualities.

Ntm- your entire Caucasian race would be gone.


The problem is wealth distribution, however that paraidgm was created by those more focused on survival.
Well, if it's survival of the fittest and you are physically superior, Why don't you use this advantage to fix the wealth distribution problem?
 

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There are some other social media sites (Pinterest, Twitter, Snapchat) and search endings like Bing (not as good an example I know). It feels like Amazon actively tries to undermine all of the online businesses. Anybody can create the next great internet startup to compete with Google or Facebook. It’s just writing code and getting users. Not a large barrier to entry. Upstart businesses can’t compete with Amazon because upstart businesses can’t afford to build businesses on 1% margins. Amazon made $73 billion one year (I think in 2014) and took home like $270 million. That’s no margin basically. How you competing against that?
 

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There are some other social media sites (Pinterest, Twitter, Snapchat) and search endings like Bing (not as good an example I know). It feels like Amazon actively tries to undermine all of the online businesses. Anybody can create the next great internet startup to compete with Google or Facebook. It’s just writing code and getting users. Not a large barrier to entry. Upstart businesses can’t compete with Amazon because upstart businesses can’t afford to build businesses on 1% margins. Amazon made $73 billion one year (I think in 2014) and took home like $270 million. That’s no margin basically. How you competing against that?
Did you see the link, they have 91% of the search engine market. And they also undermine other online businesses by duplicating the latest entries and calling it Google (insert name here).
 

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Apple is hardware of the other three are software and software companies are capable of much more evil.

I'd much sooner place my trust in a company that produces physical products than companies that produce "free" software products.
 

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Apple is hardware of the other three are software and software companies are capable of much more evil.

I'd much sooner place my trust in a company that produces physical products than companies that produce "free" software products.
Apple has an OS, ITunes and cloud services as well.
 

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Apple is in a more competitive industry than the other 3. They just have better profits because their margins on each iPhone are probably the highest for any product among public companies, Amazon would rely a lot more on volume than them. Amazon is in the 90s Microsoft space of driving out competitors but they are doing it across more industries. Apple gets to compete with Google based Android and the smaller Windows os in their market but Facebook and Google do not even have equivalent large competitors in their main business.
 
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