How Facebook Turned its Market Success Into a Culture War on America

Tags: U.S. History

06/07/2021 Ryan McMaken

Corporate America—from Facebook to Google to Major League Baseball—got rich by giving the consumers what they want. Now these big firms will use their riches to crush their ideological enemies. That’s life in a “mixed economy.”

Original Article: “How Facebook Turned its Market Success Into a Culture War on America“

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