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The Tech Oligarchs Are Going to Destroy Democracy — Unless We Stop Them
DANGER!
Once, the big tech firms embodied American exceptionalism and aspiration. Today, they are strangling these ideals. Government: do something.
Joel Kotkin
Published
Jul. 20 2019
5:50AM EDT
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