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chistevlast Wednesday at 5:46 PM5 repliesview on HN

Break up the federal government?


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kube-systemlast Wednesday at 6:32 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%27s_Early_Light:_Taking_B...

That is basically what the Heritage Foundation wants to do.

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estimator7292last Wednesday at 5:49 PM

We're already on the fast track to becoming an authoritarian state. It's not too much of a stretch to imagine the next step is dissolving congress and installing a new constitution. Or just throwing it out entirely and defining the law of the land on the whims of a senile man

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mullingitoverlast Thursday at 2:42 AM

> In an effort to curtail the organization’s outsized influence, Facebook announced Monday that it would be implementing new steps to ensure the breakup of the U.S. government before it becomes too powerful. [1]

I'm old enough to remember when The Onion didn't just report the news.

[1] https://theonion.com/facebook-announces-plan-to-break-up-u-s...

gentoofluxlast Wednesday at 5:48 PM

I believe they're implying that there's an unhealthy amount of regulatory capture in favor of big tech

rusklast Wednesday at 5:49 PM

It was a clever riff on the current situation where business tells government