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Slack.com slash THQ. This is the Friends Vistory Debating Society. I'm John Bachelors,

Big Tech, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to a certain extent. Certainly, Big Tech is dominating

the story of politics these days. However, Big Tech and Big Government and Big Media,

what do they have in common? I welcome Thaddeus McHatter, a recovering politician writing

an American greatness in human events to comment on this triumvirate and how it successfully

manages not only the news, but also the ambitions of the American people, if I understand correctly.

That is the story of the 2020 election was that Mr. Zuckerberg, who used to be worth more

than he is now, but in any event, he's a billionaire, spent nearly half a billion dollars

supporting unusual organizations to get out the vote. That led to questions asked about

Big Tech in partisan warfare, partisan contest. Your essay not only looks at Big Tech, but

also Big Government and Big Media. How do they work together, Thaddeus? What are their

tools? What are their tools? Well, John, it's actually a larger issue than just a simple

election or anything else. When we think about what's happened in our lifetime, I like to

call it a communications revolution, whereby you and the palm of your hand on your phone

actually can communicate to people a world away. Instantaneously, you can bring a corporation

to its knees with a bad review, a petitioned government for the redress of grievances.

And short, through the communication revolution that we're witnessing, you've been empowered

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