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The US needs to stop allowing this kind of thing to happen

Agreed. I have no idea how to stop it. People push for legislation and then there is always some loophole that quietly appears.

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Forced breakup of any company that gets too big to fail. Give them 1 year to produce and execute a plan to do so or the government takes receivership and does it for them.

I know, I know, I’m delusional.

I'd really love to see a version of this that wouldn't get gutted between wild swings in government sentiment towards corporations (goes for a number of countries, though certainly the US more than most).

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