I’d vote for a candidate who campaigned to repeal the Second Amendment.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    We no longer have free press, not to any meaningful degree:

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    Given that the freedom of press is a requirement for a healthy democracy, and corporations owning all of these subsidiaries prevents that, I think it is well past time that we ban corporations from owning subsidiary companies.

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      Looking at the European version, I don’t see any of the big serious journalistic outlets. Most of what’s in there are just tabloids or lifestyle magazines. And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn’t mean that they are not free

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      At the very least, every product should be explicitly labeled as produced by the top parent company, right next to the actual name of the product.