Well, that part of the population has an interesting perspective then.
And it’s not about charitable donations, it’s about giving away responsibilities of governments to entities that are controlled autocratically.
Google is controlled by its two founders, and once they’re dead, their children will have none of the idealism, but all the power.
A major part of the social contract of modern society is that for everything, there’s either a market with many roughly equally sized companies, or, if there’s only one or two options, those options are under control of the people, elected.
With Google, Amazon, etc we’re getting a situation similar to the US ISP and media landscape, with a handful of companies controlling major parts of the economy, and our society relying on these companies without having democratic control over them.
And it’s not about charitable donations, it’s about giving away responsibilities of governments to entities that are controlled autocratically.
Google is controlled by its two founders, and once they’re dead, their children will have none of the idealism, but all the power.
A major part of the social contract of modern society is that for everything, there’s either a market with many roughly equally sized companies, or, if there’s only one or two options, those options are under control of the people, elected.
With Google, Amazon, etc we’re getting a situation similar to the US ISP and media landscape, with a handful of companies controlling major parts of the economy, and our society relying on these companies without having democratic control over them.