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Lina Khan interview. Impressive mind.
www.msnbc.com
“After mentioning that Apple had discouraged him from speaking to Khan, Stewart asked, “Why are they so afraid to even have these conversations out in the public sphere?”
Khan’s response was clear and astute (professors and public intellectuals, please take note — this is how you share your expertise with laypersons):
"I think it just shows one of the dangers of what happens when you concentrate so much power and so much decision making in a small number of companies. Going back all the way to the founding, there was a recognition that in the same way that you need the Constitution to create checks and balances in our political sphere, you also needed the antitrust and anti-monopoly laws to safeguard against concentration of economic power. Because you don’t want an autocrat of trade in the same way that you don’t want a monarch."
View: https://twitter.com/ExacerbateAway/status/1775160096374272319
Jon Stewart can’t save democracy, but it seems he can help identify its enemies
The "Daily Show" host gave a masterful display of speaking truth to power with the help of FTC chair Lina Khan.
“After mentioning that Apple had discouraged him from speaking to Khan, Stewart asked, “Why are they so afraid to even have these conversations out in the public sphere?”
Khan’s response was clear and astute (professors and public intellectuals, please take note — this is how you share your expertise with laypersons):
"I think it just shows one of the dangers of what happens when you concentrate so much power and so much decision making in a small number of companies. Going back all the way to the founding, there was a recognition that in the same way that you need the Constitution to create checks and balances in our political sphere, you also needed the antitrust and anti-monopoly laws to safeguard against concentration of economic power. Because you don’t want an autocrat of trade in the same way that you don’t want a monarch."
View: https://twitter.com/ExacerbateAway/status/1775160096374272319
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