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1. iamdelirium · 1790353251 · focus · HN ↗

   I wonder if this is going start being abused soon.

   If I was Palantir or any other GOP aligned company, I would be completely against this. What's to stop a Democratic president from doing the same thing and destroying them?

   1. doctorwho42 · 1790353897 · focus · HN ↗

      Because the modern Democrats are primarily a corporate dominated party. They haven't really had any hard hitting legislation nor legal regulation/rulings on corporations in easily the last 30 years.

      I doubt that is going to change anytime soon. They are a private entity, so they can manage and change their primary system any way they want.

      1. mike_bob · 1790357513 · focus · HN ↗

         You got that exactly backward. Modern republicans are the ones that get the most in corporate PAC money, at the high end it's like 60/40% split... the majority to the GOP. Also, the fact that modern republicans brought Citizens United and just earlier this year NRSC v. FEC.

         You really can't make a valid case to say the dems are the corporate dominated party. ffs, they are the only ones even attempting to put common sense regulations on the financial industry, something Trump called "bad for business" when he undid antitrust legislature that got passed under Biden.

         1. everforward · 1790359597 · focus · HN ↗

            He didn’t say they were _the_ corporate party, just that they’re dominated by corporations. It’s notable because it’s an accusation that they pitch at Republicans often (not that R is doing any better there, but it’s part of their platform more or less).

            The dems haven’t done anything notably anti-corporate in ages. There are rumbles about doing it (anti trust, supporting unions, climate change), but it never _quite_ seems to actually materialize into anything.

            Cynically, that’s why both sides lean so hard into the culture wars. The men in suits would rather we argue about how to interpret history than whether a wealth tax makes sense.

            1. autoexec · 1790366851 · focus · HN ↗

               > There are rumbles about doing it (anti trust, supporting unions, climate change), but it never _quite_ seems to actually materialize into anything.

               There&#x27;s only so much they can do when dealing with obstructionism, but the party is still putting forward legislation. For recent examples see The American Homeownership Act (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.banking.senate.gov&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;minority&#x2F;senate-democrats-introduce-the-american-homeownership-act-to-stop-wall-streets-housing-grab-and-get-homes-back-into-the-hands-of-families" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.banking.senate.gov&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;minority&#x2F;senate-demo...) and the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.warren.senate.gov&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;warren-hoyle-wyden-merkley-ocasio-cortez-subramanyam-introduce-bill-to-ban-the-corporate-practice-of-medicine&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.warren.senate.gov&#x2F;newsroom&#x2F;press-releases&#x2F;warren...)

               Republicans will fight those kinds of efforts, but we can&#x27;t really blame the democrats for that.

            2. techblueberry · 1790368183 · focus · HN ↗

               He actually did say dems were the corporate party. He contrasted the democrats not do something that the Republicans did because Dems were dominated by corporations.

               The contrast implies that Republicans are in your words &quot;anti-corporate&quot;

            3. Braxton1980 · 1790373631 · focus · HN ↗

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