• Szymon@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Regulatory Capture is when corporations install favourable politicians and former employees into positions that enact policies and regulations favourable to the goals of industry (profit).

    I think what we’re saying here is Corporate Capture, where malicious players have captured major corporate entities in an attempt to neuter platforms that are used by the masses in an effort to control the messages given to the population.

    People start talking about revolution, and suddenly the mediums used to enable free communication are removed.

    • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for putting my thoughts into easily digestible words. Enshittification isn’t natural, it’s deliberate. Any CEO 's who throw up their hands and say they’re all of ideas are just trying to pull the rip cords of their golden parachutes, given to them by people who want us to believe it’s unavoidable.

      Was not breaking something that hard? No, but it doesn’t pay as well.