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I always roll my eyes whenever another hard-left politician such as AOC or Corbyn comes over and does the whole big talk about how corporations ought to be taxed fairly and all. And later, when they are in power, they call for actions such as (favorable) censorship and what not, while doing zero about big corporations because it's easier to control (and pander to) one big entity than multiple single entities. As long as corporate entities are allowed to donate to political parties, and as long as fundraising remains some kind of race in the eyes of the media, expect this nonsense to continue.

Politicians don't care about taxing corporations that they like. You'll see them do the whole dance against Big Oil or Walmart or whatever, but when it comes to Big Tech, boy do they love their Apple toys and Google Internet.



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