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[–] [email protected] 214 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Alphabet’s Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker, says the DOJ is pushing “a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership.”

I'm honestly curious how this would "harm Americans".

[–] [email protected] 90 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That statement is technically true.

The billionaire owners are Americans.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Everyone really does need to have that at the forefront of their mind. When the C-suit, wall street, and politicians talk about "Americans" they aren't talking about us schlubs.

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