Gladwyn d’SouzaHarris has recently celebrated moves made by Chopra on medical debt and Khan on non-compete agreements.
While monopolists have dubbed Khan “anti-business,” her skeptical approach to corporate consolidation has coincided with a booming stock market and finds a broad base of support among companies looking to compete against Goliaths, or firms tired of being ripped off by them due to a lack of competition.
Monopolization and vulnerabilities to hacking go together, because monopolies produce poor quality software. And that’s the story with CDK Global and Reynolds. The whole crisis was avoidable, because there were possible entrants into the market that could have forced them to offer better software at cheaper prices.
#MonopoliesCorruptPoliticiansToPreventDistributedPower: Electric utilities have taken responsibility for wildfires around the U.S., including fallen power lines that started a blaze in Maui last year. Transmission lines also sparked a massive California wildfire in 2019. “These fires are becoming a regular occurrence. Lives are being lost. Livelihoods are being lost. It’s a sad story that repeats itself again and again, because public utility companies and oil companies responsible for these power lines aren’t keeping them maintained.”
https://www.time.com/6898471/xcel-energy-igniting-texas-wildfire-involvement/
#RefugeesAreCreatedByForeverWarsEthnicCleansingAndClimateChange