Breaking from tech giants, Democrats consider becoming an anti monopoly party

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4. Interesting

“Google was Obama’s Halliburton,” said Luther Lowe, the vice president of public policy at Yelp.

Not sure I agree with Mr. Yelp at all here, except as an ironical device

But this

Those corporations and banks were toxic. The polling found “corporate monopolies” viewed negatively by 66 percent of all voters, and 70 percent of Rust Belt voters. Just 21 percent of Rust Belt voters, however, favored “antitrust laws.”

The perception that politics are bought and sold exist when it's true, and also when it's not true. Unhitching the political wagon from corporate influence--tech or not-- will be a matter of some delicacy at certain times, and a sledge hammer at others. I hope we are wise enough to know which and when.