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		narag on Aug 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The case for why Google should be regulated as a p... Even if anticompetitive behaviour is clear, I wonder if a USA government would take action against them. Has such a thing happened before? I mean fighting a company that gaves the USA an advantage in a global market, as opposed to local monopolies.

MereInterest on Aug 11, 2020 | [–]

Yes.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt#Trust_busti...

narag on Aug 11, 2020 | | [–]

Could you be more specific?

ryanb on Aug 11, 2020 | | [–]

I think this is a reasonable take and I'm sure the government is taking into account.

kyleblarson on Aug 11, 2020 | [–]

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-evolution-standard-oi...

narag on Aug 11, 2020 | [–]

I'm not sure I explained myself clearly. Was Standard Oil more competitive abroad as a single company than the splitted ones?

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