In an astonishing move, Google cut a check to the U.S. government over an antitrust case, in the hopes of avoiding a jury trial. And it argues such jury trials are unconstitutional.
Ah. The Luddites may have had a stupid name but they were proto socialists who were so actively slandered most people don’t know they were a social movement that was actually fine with technology if skilled labor didn’t have to suffer for its implementation.
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Ironic username
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King Lud and his followers side with the common folks over the tech barons
Lol true
Lol, that’s a stupid name.
My username is just my previous username but truncated because I could.
But yes fortunately jury’s doesn’t exist in my country except in some very specific cases.
Ah. The Luddites may have had a stupid name but they were proto socialists who were so actively slandered most people don’t know they were a social movement that was actually fine with technology if skilled labor didn’t have to suffer for its implementation.
You were referring to the luddites?
I thought you were referring to “King Lud” of Britain from pre-roman times that might or might not have existed and allegedly founded London.
Well yeah, I’m talking about social good vs advancing the means of production in the interests of the capital holding class
Why though? What does that have to do with anything?