In this op-ed for The Guardian US, Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout argues “tech titans, and big business in general, are not reliable partners against Trumpism.”
As Democrats think about how to counter the Trump administration, they need to accept a very simple lesson from the last eight years. Big tech and big business are part of the political opposition working on behalf of Donald Trump, not the Democrats’ allies working against Trump and Trumpism.
It shouldn’t seem necessary to point out what seems to be an obvious fact. Nonetheless, there are some Democrats trying to stay close to big tech, or downplaying the importance of anti-monopoly policy when it comes to authoritarian risks.
Read “When will Democrats finally realize that big tech is not an ally?” in The Guardian US.