We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why | Nick Srnicek
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Monopoly platforms like Google and Facebook will take over the state – unless the state takes them over first, says the author and academic Nick Srnicek

With Google’s recent monopoly status being a topic a discussion recently. This article from 2017 argues that we should nationalize these platforms in the age of platform capitalism. Ahead of its time, in fact the author predicted the downfall of Ello.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    There’s not really much difference. Either way it’s a legal entity defined by the state and run by the extremely privileged.

    • BelatedPeacock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      One has the power of corporate lawyers to enforce it’s will, one has an army and a prison system to enforce it’s will.