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		thomasz on Oct 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. House's antitrust report hints at break-up of... Being able to significantly alter public perception and influence the political process is one of the most important advantages of scale.

acituan on Oct 6, 2020 [–]

Yes, and maybe our political and public perception apparatus doesn’t scale well to the long tail of public interest topics and a singular strong entity with clear goals is simply taking advantage of that mismatch.

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