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Definite Pessimism
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
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Hobson’s choice.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
The first antitrust law was 1890's Sherman Act, whose sponsor, Senator John Sherman, stumped for it from the Senate floor, saying: "If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation and sale of any of the necessaries of life. If we would not submit to an emperor, we should not su
... See moreCory Doctorow • Platform Decay: The Enshittification of Everything | ZEIT ONLINE
As Justice William Douglas would later put it, “power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy.”
Tim Wu • The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age
THE DISTRIBUTION QUESTION
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Or, as Robert Pitofsky put it, we should always be concerned that “excessive concentration of economic power will breed antidemocratic political pressures.”