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Olgratin_Magmatoe , 3 months ago We no longer have free press, not to any meaningful degree: https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cfr-media-network-hdb-spr.png https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fnb11lryl6ca01.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=66706af54416ed9715c6fe1c54e8a84c2dd19eecbeeb601c6bbfe64bdfa63dc2&ipo=images European version: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/00/1b/f7001bf2e14e9446b64a83b0f296c1db.png Given that the freedom of press is a requirement for a healthy democracy, and corporations owning all of these subsidiaries prevents that, I think it is well past time that we ban corporations from owning subsidiary companies.
We no longer have free press, not to any meaningful degree:
https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cfr-media-network-hdb-spr.png
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fnb11lryl6ca01.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=66706af54416ed9715c6fe1c54e8a84c2dd19eecbeeb601c6bbfe64bdfa63dc2&ipo=images
European version:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/00/1b/f7001bf2e14e9446b64a83b0f296c1db.png
Given that the freedom of press is a requirement for a healthy democracy, and corporations owning all of these subsidiaries prevents that, I think it is well past time that we ban corporations from owning subsidiary companies.