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I'm under the impression that only EU slaps antitrust charges lately.

It seems political. The EU is taking on a lot of US companies with antitrust complaints but few EU companies.

This is an excellent way to try and distract from the actual issues the EU has charged them with, and try to delegitimize the claims of one of the largest governments in the world because you like the company they're going after this week.

The EU has filed plenty of antitrust complaints against EU companies, but the reality is, particularly in the tech field, US monopolists are dominating. The fact that there are more US companies breaking the law, does not mean the EU filing more cases against US companies is political.

That's a US-centric viewpoint, and the same could be said about the US and its attitude towards for example, European banks.

It's a pointless argument and only serves to distract from the actual issues relating to Google's operation.

Which is a shame. I doubt any real antitrust cases will be brought here in the US for the next 4 years.

Honestly, I'd say longer than that. The Democrats have very little impetus to do them either, given their corporate funding record.

It's been about 30 years since the Democrats gave up on the working classes to cater to "Cause of the Week", "Big Media", and associated areas. Even Obama, with the ACA, set it up that we're required to pay for-profit companies for insurance. He even had a super-majority to enable Medicare for All... but didn't.

Republicans claim they're for the "Common Working Man", but time and again we see policies that ascribe to 'Socialism for the Rich, and Capitalism for the Poor'. And that's not discussing Trump, who has been criticized by both US parties for his actions. (I'm focusing on R-Congress and state governors.)

Something's got to give, and I don't see this going well at all. The fact that regulators and congress refuse to do anything is just a symptom.

Medicare doesn't cut out the private insurance companies either. If you have 'Medicare Advantage', the Feds are subsidizing your private insurance premium. If you have regular Medicare, the Feds are paying one of a handful of private insurance companies to manage your account. It has been this way for quite some time now.

Apparently only if you buy an elephant for one of their regulators.

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