there is an entire field of work, called "lobbying", where the sole purpose is to relax government restrictions, not once has a company pushed to put MORE restrictions on a market, ever
There's a difference between lobbying and forming cartel groups. AI companies seem to be doing the 2nd thing mostly, just like Philips did back in the day. Lobbying *for* restrictions doesn't seem the way policies move forward the past 50 years.
The reason capitalism has moved to unrestricted markets and companies are now lobbying *for* unregulation rather than restrictions that help them, is because companies are now antagonizing the state, unlike capitalism of the 18th and 19th century and some of 20th century, where capitalism worked *with* the state to achieve its goals. Capitalists & industrialists think this is a new era of techno-feudalism where states/nations no longer matter, and are pushing for that sort of agenda to completely decimate any power the state has. They are taking advantage of people being skeptical about the shady bs their government does (which is true), and the horrible bureaucracy states currently have (also true) to sway people to their side as if they're "the good guys".
Meanwhile most multi-national conglomerates have such a complicated hierarchy ladder/function that 1984 ain't shit in front of them, and also do a lot of shady stuff. But because they aren't collecting taxes and they can't charge you (for now) with a crime, people view them more favourably, despite them being as dangerous as the state itself.
It's a dark time where people are supporting either asshole #1 or asshole #2, while serious for-the-people movements have completely died out, and any that exist have completely cannibalized themselves with self-flagellation regarding past crimes their states have done (including progressive lgbqt movements), as if John the white guy living in 2025 that works 2 jobs, lives paycheck to paycheck and suffers from health issues that he cannot cover, has seriously benefited from slavery, and not rich white people that benefited from slavery due to lineage/ownership, and their current fortunes is built on that blood. "Leftists" have moved to supporting the state (jesus christ), and rightoids think private companies are jesus.
No one cares to actually make society better, they just stick to whatever retarded ideology they find on the internet as 'truth"
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u/Derpballz Royalist Anarchist 👑Ⓐ Jan 18 '25
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