I think these proposals need to be in both party platforms - they are excellent suggestions that would make a real difference

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    3 years ago

    I love what you are doing and trying to do similar myself. The more people that do, the better.

    But I think there is a lot of value in attacking this problem with the suggestions in this article through legislation.

    I know of data that is being collected about people that is totally out of their control, that is one reason why legislation is needed.

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      3 years ago

      The state is one of the groups collecting that data - in fact, they want the corporations doing it so they can in turn get the data from the corporations, like they do all the time (just search for “government requests user data from google” or something). So you won’t get the state to stop them from doing it.

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        3 years ago

        exactly. and that is why those businesses aren’t stopped from forming monopolies - which are against are laws, but those laws aren’t enforced for companies help certain sectors of gov’t.

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      3 years ago

      worth a try. i think both the Left and Right are in bed with BigBiz, though, and won’t seriously change any thing unless their PuppetMasters agree.