Breaking Up the Tech Companies

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i think a breaking up the social media and tech companies is just a part of needing to break up all big companies, you ko. Once they get too big, ar, but what we can observe is that these er companies and corporations have a certain purpose in the beginning - producing goods and services. And once they get to a certain size, then the purpose is shifted, and making money becomes the purpose. We need to create a new set of values, or the old sent of values,. The well being of humanity and the well being of the earth should be the guiding values, and they are not. In thein corporations.

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