Over the past few years, an antitrust “War on Big Tech” ramped up in both the United States (U.S.) and the European Union (EU) politics. Alleging companies like Meta, Apple, and Google cornered their competition, achieving a monopoly in the technology industry, and “wield unparalleled power over Americans’ lives”, the War on Big Tech receives support from progressive Democrats and new-age Republicans alike.
Critics of “Big Tech” promise to restore small business rights, uplift individual liberties and privacy rights, and decentralize corporate power in America. By and large, they depend on a “David vs. Goliath”, looking-out-for-the-little-man narrative. Yet in promising to protect the working class or Middle America, these anti-Big Tech policies create an economic burden on a diverse, largely middle-to-working class population: state and local government employees.
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