Comment by amrocha

Comment by amrocha 2 days ago

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And that money would stay in their countries respective economies and everyone would be better off for it. Maybe someone would start a local alternative. It would be used productively instead of on ads that make everyone’s lives worse.

hollerith 2 days ago

My purpose was to cast doubt on Rayiner's assertion that "Since the 1980s, the U.S. economy has become highly financialized. It’s disputed how much American economic dominance is real versus on paper today."

I was not commenting on whether the world would be better off if the US were less economically dominant.

  • amrocha 2 days ago

    And I’m saying that that dominance is mostly in irrelevant categories like ads and entertainment, so it would be at best an annoyance if those companies were to disappear.

    There’s very few internet companies doing truly unique, irreplaceable work.