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2. there's a peculiar gap in market capitalization between the 4th and 5th largest companies:

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 12:17 PM

Mar 2019

the top 4 at the moment are:

$840 million - microsoft
$809 million - apple
$795 million - alphabet (google)
$790 million - amazon

and then the fifth largest:

$488 million - berkshire hathaway
with companies like johnson & johnson, facebook, and exxonmobil not far behind.

that's a huge gap. something seems very wrong about that.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Elizabeth Warren: 'It's Time to Break Up' Amazon, Facebook and Google [View all] DonViejo Mar 2019 OP

YES!!!! This is why I'm supporting her! backscatter712 Mar 2019 #1

there's a peculiar gap in market capitalization between the 4th and 5th largest companies: unblock Mar 2019 #2

What are the numbers you're reporting? Dream Girl Mar 2019 #4

good catch -- market capitalization. fixed, thanks! unblock Mar 2019 #5

Not so sure about that. No one is being force to go on Google or Facebook or to purchase Dream Girl Mar 2019 #3

They used to say that about Ma Bell. You could buy any color phone you wanted... Lochloosa Mar 2019 #6

Yeah but there was no choice there. Nobody is being forced to post nonsense Dream Girl Mar 2019 #7

Utterly unsound comparison there. You didn't have any other service available to you than Bell. Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #10

Agree. Tax the crap out of them, nail them on illegal anti union schemes and make them pay... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #13

Not a valid comparison. I worked for ATT/Bell. Nt USALiberal Mar 2019 #12

No, that was Ford. LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #42

Not defending facebook, but it's been useful to my fundraising for a small nonprofit. femmedem Mar 2019 #8

She won't win much with that. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2019 #9

Big turn off....and as a person who worked for one of those small start ups HipChick Mar 2019 #14

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for the industry. BannonsLiver Mar 2019 #45

That's the way it works...also let me retire early HipChick Mar 2019 #46

This will not win her any votes! Nt USALiberal Mar 2019 #11

Disagree. Facebook is a too powerful. crazytown Mar 2019 #15

How about starting with Comcast and other internet monopolies? tinrobot Mar 2019 #16

She needs to find a more worthy cause this is dumb Dream Girl Mar 2019 #17

Breaking up Facebook is a worthy cause, crazytown Mar 2019 #18

How does breaking up Facebook solve for that? tinrobot Mar 2019 #19

That's like saying just say no to drugs. crazytown Mar 2019 #20

DU can be just as addictive. So can many other forms of social media. tinrobot Mar 2019 #38

Does DU have two billion users? crazytown Mar 2019 #39

OK. Seriously - how do you break up 2 billion users? tinrobot Mar 2019 #40

You pull out the one billion users in Instagram crazytown Mar 2019 #41

how? jaceaf Mar 2019 #47

Instagram and Facebook continue - owned separately. crazytown Mar 2019 #49

Ben and Jerry's should stop making Chunky Monkey because I love it too much! Dream Girl Mar 2019 #22

2 billion users. Too big. Enough said. nt crazytown Mar 2019 #23

Uh no. Find a more worthy cause leftofcool Mar 2019 #21

When you have the time, watch this: crazytown Mar 2019 #36

so smart. so experienced. so prepared. so eloquent. so quick on her feet. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2019 #24

K&R! crazytown Mar 2019 #25

On the age of surveillance capitalism. Democracy Now with author mahina Mar 2019 #26

Yes. FB is a threat to democracy. crazytown Mar 2019 #29

I don't think these are the top priorities of most Americans ecstatic Mar 2019 #27

Facebook played a critical role in 2016. crazytown Mar 2019 #28

I have no issue with it being shut down/sued/etc, but the talk of it being like ecstatic Mar 2019 #30

The thing Liz is saying is that FB crazytown Mar 2019 #32

Bezos began by selling used books out of his garage.... Irishxs Mar 2019 #31

It's not Amazon she's after crazytown Mar 2019 #34

uh, Amazon is a lot more than just that Blue_Adept Mar 2019 #53

many small independent businesses also sell through Amazon JI7 Mar 2019 #48

Not a winning issue. drray23 Mar 2019 #33

I disagree. crazytown Mar 2019 #35

Then why single out Amazon? comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #55

Amazon and Wholefoods was an anti-competitive 'merger' crazytown Mar 2019 #59

Whole Foods is a tiny fraction of the retail grocery buiness. comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #60

If it's anti competitive unde the Sherman Act crazytown Mar 2019 #61

Cany you point out how it's illeagal? I don't have any detailed comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #62

I will do research and back to you. crazytown Mar 2019 #63

That stuff puts me to sleep and often seems written more to comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #64

Yeah. crazytown Mar 2019 #65

From Warren's email crazytown Mar 2019 #66

Ever heard of AWS? kcr Mar 2019 #56

Senator Warren is a brilliant attorney and senator Gothmog Mar 2019 #37

Ridiculous. What happened to Senator Warren wanting to break up the big banks? riverine Mar 2019 #43

Beyond ridiculous Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #50

The one thing Elizabeth Warren does not do crazytown Mar 2019 #58

I completely agree ZeroSomeBrains Mar 2019 #44

There goes Warren off my list of potential choices nt forklift Mar 2019 #51

She's looking for a defining issue to set her apart from the pack calguy Mar 2019 #52

We need her policies urgently. They need to be reigned in: kcr Mar 2019 #54

Germany has banned them from merging Whatsapp. FB & Instagram crazytown Mar 2019 #57

Amazon for sure Mr Tibbs Mar 2019 #67