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On January 16, the second thing: 18 former European presidents and prime ministers published a powerful letter calling for the European Commission, the executive arm of the 27 countries in the European Union (EU), to break up Google, directly targeting its heavily monopolized advertising business.
“The consolidation of power over vital tech platforms jeopardizes our independence and undermines efforts to enforce our laws,” the statement said. They recommend a breakup, plus a “European tech deal” to reclaim control over critical digital infrastructure on which we all depend.
Hundreds of millions of Europeans and Americans stand shoulder to shoulder in the same fight here against, in this case, Google. Indeed, US and European regulators have been collaborating closely in the last few years on taming Big Tech. The problem now, of course, is a wrecking ball called [new U.S. President Donald] Trump.
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The key is to reframe this fast-evolving story of economic conflict, not as a fight between “The United States” and “Europe”—or even between right and left. No, what is unfolding is a global conflict between ordinary people everywhere, standing shoulder to shoulder against the globalized billionaires and oligarchs.
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No war but class war
Yes, but also, fuck fascism.
The key is to reframe this fast-evolving story of economic conflict, not as a fight between “The United States” and “Europe”—or even between right and left. No, what is unfolding is a global conflict between ordinary people everywhere, standing shoulder to shoulder against the globalized billionaires and oligarchs.
That is a fight between left and right, though. Just because most rightwing voters regularly vote against their own interests doesn’t mean rightwing parties don’t primarily serve the agendas of oligarchs. I guess it makes sense to reframe this, though, since a lot of people have been influenced by propaganda to hate anything “left”.
yeah but left messages can be do-opted especially in the internet age. Im left and X. I think we need to remember that maybe someone is left or not but we know the ones with money have more than ever and we have less than ever and that yeah there are a lot of six figure plus people who don’t get what side of the line they are on. US might be more messed up than ever but we also have luigi and he got what side of the line he was on and hopefully others like him will as well.
There’s just not much Left left
In some forums it seems that they still think (with the same error as in 2016) that Trump is a temporary blunder unrelated to the voting population. Trump is a product of the society that elected him. In 2016, it could be argued that without the popular vote, even that mirage has been shattered.
There are many good people who love democracy, freedom and justice in the US, but also in Iran, and they are a minority there as well.
