1. @ddayen has a useful reminder of how Amazon, the beneficiary of all sorts of government largess, deserves no sympathyhttps://newrepublic.com/article/147740/no-sympathy-amazon …
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3. Corporate leviathans like Amazon need to be subdued to the rule of law, by introducing new regulations or using anti-trust laws, not made subordinate to one leaders personal whims.
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4. Some thoughts on how the anti-monopoly movement should handle Trump's clumsy co-option of their arguments:https://newrepublic.com/article/147745/trumps-amazon-trap …
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Is there a legal or policy analysis you want to provide regarding your “reined in” argument? Your not suggesting Amazon be targeted by a new policy so is there existing law or regulation you are referencing?
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I grow weary of the "sorry, but Trump has a point" takes.
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Which will also make attempts by more sensible parties to rein in Amazon that much more difficult down the road
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"Worst" possible way? Donald Trump has hereby been challenged. The tweets will commence tomorrow morning.
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And that's because Obama and other Democrats sat on their hands and encouraged Amazon, including via perks such as exemptions from sales taxes for years.
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Beyond social policy (which they seem to champion exclusively to differentiate themselves from each other) your Republicans and Democrats seem fairly indistinguishable. This is why you folks need to start voting Third Party. 2 Party governance is not helping Americans.
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The article says that, Jeet. You're not adding anything, you're just stating Dayen's argument.
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