This cannot stand! Salon writer thinks companies like Amazon, Google are too successful

Sarah D. | 2:16 PM on July 08, 2014

https://twitter.com/FilmLadd/status/486558189711024128

Uhm… RT @MPeper Unreal! RT @FilmLadd: Holy crap RT @Popehat: This is not from the Salon parody account. https://t.co/pWQWSwrGYq

— MDMRN (@MDMRN) July 8, 2014

@BecketAdams @Salon Is this the real Salon or the parody? I can't tell anymore.

— Charles Hoskinson (@cehoskinson) July 8, 2014

Well, we’ll say this for Salon: They never run out of ways to make themselves look stupid.

Let's nationalize Amazon and Google: Publicly funded technology built Big Tech — time to make them utilities http://t.co/N3DvlXJzYT

— Salon (@Salon) July 8, 2014

Read it and weep:

They’re huge, they’re ruthless, and they touch every aspect of our daily lives. Corporations like Amazon and Google keep expanding their reach and their power. Despite a history of abuses, so far the Justice Department has declined to take antitrust actions against them. But there’s another solution.

Is it time to manage and regulate these companies as public utilities?

Writer Richard Eskow thinks it’s a pretty darn awesome idea:

These aren’t just the portraits of futuristic corporations who have become drunk on unchecked power. It’s a sign that things are likely to get worse – perhaps a lot worse – unless something is done. The solution may lie with an old concept. It may be time to declare Big Tech a public utility.