1. The Lake America renaming is seen as a trivial, politicized distraction
- “I too remember last year when everyone really cared about that and it was the end of the world and then we got on with our lives because at the end of the day it not only doesn’t matter, the naming of these things is arbitrary…” – ericmay
- “It’s so unimportant folks are commenting on my comment about how unimportant it is!” – ericmay
2. Big tech enjoys protective, bipartisan ties with government (revolving‑door, regulatory capture)
- “… proving the point that protecting big tech is a bipartisan work.” – owebmaster
- “To the contrary, the entire DOJ understands that FAANG and the three‑letter‑agencies are one revolving door.” – bigyabai
3. The recent DOJ antitrust ruling against Google is viewed as ineffective, a “nothing burger” that fails to curb monopoly power
- “‘long history of prevailing in court’ is another way of saying ‘Google isn’t being punished as much as they deserve.’” – cj
- “Accepting behavioural changes, is the same stink of the last five decades.” – strictnein
- “The system is not equipped to check and balance multi‑trillion dollar corporations.” – imglorp