Optional@lemmy.world to Luigi Mangione@lemmy.world · 2 days agoMedia Ownershiplemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1907arrow-down17
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minus-squareGingerlegs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 days agoBack in my day the government would step in and stop the Monopoly
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoWell, that’s true. That was before Reagan tho. I mean it completed in 1982 but was started in 1974. Hell we had clean Air & Water laws then. But then Reagan allowed media conglomerates to suck up properties in all cities and kicked off the modern media oligopolies. Then they let Microsoft just - flaunt that they were powerless. Then the Googles and so on.
Back in my day the government would step in and stop the Monopoly
Hahahaha - good one
They did! AT&T?
Well, that’s true. That was before Reagan tho. I mean it completed in 1982 but was started in 1974.
Hell we had clean Air & Water laws then.
But then Reagan allowed media conglomerates to suck up properties in all cities and kicked off the modern media oligopolies.
Then they let Microsoft just - flaunt that they were powerless. Then the Googles and so on.