Four US senators ‘deeply concerned’ about proposed Xbox Activision merger | VGC
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Cravis
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Oh those four can just fuck off. This is "deeply concerning" to them but not the monopoly Twitter, Facebook, or Amazon has? Get out of here with that crap.
I always knew Corey Booker was a PlayStation fanboy!
On a more serious note, these are weak reasons to be against the sale.
On a more serious note, these are weak reasons to be against the sale.
"We don't care about pseudo-utility megacorps with heavy ties with the government gobbling up all competition as long as they have union employees!"
"The sons of four US senators are totally Sony fanbois, making the Senators 'deeply concerned' about proposed Xbox Activision merger because they don't want to lose CoD."
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They're concerned about this and not about Disney outright admitting to grooming children into LGBTQ lifestyles?! Who the hell are these fu-
Oh. Liberals. No wonder Disney gets a pass for enabling pedophilia.
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On Thursday, US senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse and Cory Booker sent a letter to FTC chairwoman Lina Khan expressing their concern that the deal "threatens worker-led demands for accountability" over allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination at Activision Blizzard.
as if bernie sanders understands anything about capitalism
as if bernie sanders understands anything about capitalism
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Based on the names alone, I can say this is more of the same power-grabbing behavior they've tried in the past. Suddenly it's bad for massive entertainment corpos to merge? lolokay
It's a problem they create, and then of course they show up to offer the solution, which will conveniently put more power in their hands. They play both sides, and we lose either way.
It's a problem they create, and then of course they show up to offer the solution, which will conveniently put more power in their hands. They play both sides, and we lose either way.
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idk they break up the merger then it would actually be a good thing. I think its more about slowly putting big tech in their place by using any excuse they can think of after all their more powerful than the us government. Think about it for a sec these companies are better organized than our own government, are wealthier, and control a ton of their weapons. Their desperate to put mircrosoft in their place and microsoft is stifling technological growth. So I think its a good thing to break it up and any low blow politicians can deal to them is gonna make it count after all they just spent a ton of money on the merger if the government trys squeezing more money out of them then its no harm done to me or anyone else.
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I think it's a mistake to approve the use of their time in this way.
People are losing their homes and losing any chance they have of retirement. Government is overstepping its constitutional powers in some respects yet openly neglecting its duty in other respects.
But oh no Microsoft might put Cawadooty on Game Pass. I want the same result you want, and I see the same problems you see, I just don't think giving gov't more power is the best way to achieve it. The gaming market is heading for a crash anyway, why not let the "invisible hand of the free market" handle it?
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I don't think you quite understood whats going on. A huge part of why were the way we are now is because of big tech companies brainwashing people. Think back for a sec like a decade ago. Nobody was talking about race or gender as much as we are now big tech enforced that and as a result the politicians get less power and influence. Lets take a site like youtube for example. Terrible people get promoted on the platform on purpose and they spout their ignorance to the masses which immediately lap it up regardless of how stupid they are. In a way think of how al capone was caught he did numerous different crimes but the only thing he was sent to jail for was tax evasion. Big tech is the same problem as the mafia but even worse. Yeah none of them have anything in mind but themselves and big tech is about to fall on its face anyways why not speed up the fall.
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You think the emphasis on race and gender over the last decade (decade?!) is because of big tech?
No, I don't think you quite understand what's going on.
Why should we trust politicians -- who also have nothing in mind but themselves -- to actually speed up the fall? The same grifters who bailed out corpos and banks in the past will hold videogame companies to a higher standard?
lolokay
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actually yes they are to blame you blind?
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twitter facebook instagram and tiktok are all platforms that have hurt peoples minds due to corporate brainwashing. The advertising industry is the sole backbone of these kinds of platforms and the only reason they exist. By making people dumber their advertisers gain money trying to sell them some useless crap they don't need. These companies hold more power over popular opinion than the us government and that scares them so of course politicians are gonna act out against it.
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This is how frail and pathetic the left have become. Exactly the reason these idiot fucks couldn't even overcome a candidate with dementia; too worried about meaningless shit like this
DonDonDonPata
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actually yes they are to blame you blind?
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Whether TikTok has made our attention spans even shorter is a greatly contested issue, both within science and in the tech industry.TikTok is Shortening Our Attention Spans
While it's been around for four years, TikTok is a social media app that is more addicting than any other internet platform today. It's layout and algorithm has led users to shorten their attention spans with many of them not noticing it as they scroll for hours on their For You Page.TikTok is Bad For Your Brain: Constant Social Media Streaming Narrows Collective Attention Span, Adversely Affects Mental Health
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Alex Hern: Manipulating users' emotions is not the act of a socially responsible company, and we should not tolerate itHow Is Twitter Affecting Our Mental Health?
Our brains were not designed to process this kind of information overload.
twitter facebook instagram and tiktok are all platforms that have hurt peoples minds due to corporate brainwashing. The advertising industry is the sole backbone of these kinds of platforms and the only reason they exist. By making people dumber their advertisers gain money trying to sell them some useless crap they don't need. These companies hold more power over popular opinion than the us government and that scares them so of course politicians are gonna act out against it.
You're misunderstanding my point. Yeah, these tech companies have participated in brainwashing and propaganda, I'm not disagreeing on that, but so have the politicians you hope will swoop in and fix the problem. Seems naive.
Elizabeth Warren lied and continues to lie about her native American heritage. Bernie Sanders is a grifter in socialist disguise, to put it nicely. Cory Booker stood up for Blaisey-Ford and "her truth". These are off the top of my head, and since I don't recognize Whitehouse admittedly I can't comment there without looking further, but the previous three examples should be enough of a price paid for that sliver of laziness.
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i'm saying its a power struggle and they gain from taking down big tech so they can parade around acting like their existence means something but yes your right about them being stupid. And I seriously doubt they would even care if microsoft wasn't so influential in the software space.
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