Governments have broken up large companies in the past, and that works out pretty well. Why suggest nationalization over that? The article only mentions “huge economies of scale”, but doesn’t do a good job convincing me that there isn’t room for broken up Amazons, Google’s, etc.
On the other hand, nationalization is a terrible idea for so many reason. It also goes against the fabric of the American economonic system.
I know it’s opinion, but hard to believe that the guardian published this with how poorly written it is.
Considering their irresponsible painting of Whatsapp's end-to-end encryption re-key scheme as a "backdoor", I no longer can be surprised by The Guardian's lack of editorial quality.
On the other hand, nationalization is a terrible idea for so many reason. It also goes against the fabric of the American economonic system.
I know it’s opinion, but hard to believe that the guardian published this with how poorly written it is.