Vice President JD Vance said Saturday that “we believe fundamentally that big tech does have too much power,” despite the prominent positioning of tech CEOs at President Trump’s inauguration last week.

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      Yeah that is why he wants to stop it, so others can’t use it to get elected. 😜

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    I read this as him attempting to stand up to Elon and regain some of the political relevance he had before he joined the Trump ticket. Of course, it’s not gonna work. He’s gonna get cutb-stomped (potentially literally, at this point), and by 2028, the Democrats will be campaigning with him.

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      Shame it’s too late for the Democrats to wheel out Henry Kissinger and Robert E Lee to campaign with.

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      I don’t get how they can do it so easily. I’ve seen people say “I will die for my rights… but we should still illegalize abortion” unironically
      Like how don’t the dots in their head connect those 2 ideas? How can they go to church a minimum once a week and still be so hateful?

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        Its a trick the right poll similar to fishing emails. They go after people with low critical thinking by design.

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    Who would ever give a shit what these clowns think? How is this news?

    Oh right we’re violently controlled by these wackos…

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    I say that the executive branch has not been given the power to create laws or judge whether or not they are legal… but that seems to be what his administration has unilaterally decided is true now.

    The laws are on the books. They should be implemented in good faith by the executive branch. This is not being done.

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    Reading the article, it sounds to me like he is saying “More to the left guys, I want to see Don’s anus rimmed squeaky clean!”

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      Or how about Vance’s mentor Peter Thiel? Did he forget about him?

      Sounds like they want to limit “bad” tech companies but reward the ring kissers.

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        Upvoting you feels weird, but also KD Vances statement seems to have the opposite problem.

        You’re just stating the obvious. It would be like if some guy were saying “Our enemy has been breathing oxygen their whole LIFE!”

        And everyone scurries around like “oh my god! That’s less oxygen for the rest of us!”

        And then some other guy, thinking he’s revealing an unforseen statement says the most blatently obvious thing they could say.

        “GUYS! I THINK HUMANS MIGHT NEED OXYGEN TO LIVE! THIS MIGHT BE IMPORTANT!”

        Meanwhile I’m watching this all happen, and watching peoples reactions to everything, and thinking “I’m surrounded by morons on all sides. Which is worrysome, because I don’t feel like I should be above the average line. I’m just some guy. I don’t know things…but I feel like a 4th grader, in a school with no teachers, surrounded by toddlers. We’re in trouble if I’M the voice of reason in this world…”

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          Carlin already explained this phenomenon before he died.

          Think about how dumb the average person is. Then consider the fact that half of all people are even dumber than that!

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            You’d have to find the median, not the average, in order to have one-half dumber and one-half smarter.

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              The median is an average. Mean, median, and mode are all considered forms of averages.

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          surrounded by morons on all sides

          worrysome

          The call is coming from inside the house.