Sometimes the government helps
Sometimes the government hurts
Right now we got the latter

So let’s start dismantling the power
that is to say unraveling the money
on our own
We can work on regulation when the heart has a voice again
I hope it speaks up

Amazon
Google
Trump and his cronyism and democracy-busting

You could have competitors to the monopolies
They could be ethics-first businesses
People could spend a little time and money choosing them
A monopoly is already a problem even before it begins twisting the screws
because it already has the screws in your thumbs in the thumbs also of your democracy of your culture of your faith

I see an online business that ships everything through UPS where people can order whatever they need and they can also go the UPS pick up place
I see a list of search engines that are actually just as good as Google but that don’t track you and that partner with open source software projects to bring you at least a good chunk of the amazing info-gadgetry that Google does
I see open source AI and businesses finding a way to turn them into competitive products

Sometimes government helps
When it doesn’t the people have to help more
And that includes changing money
because money is power is incentive is pushing us around is sucking up our lives is keeping us from taking the time to think this all through

What about ethics-first businesses that don’t try to be the very best, but that try to provide a similar product or service while also transparently doing the right thing for their customers, employees, and shared resources like the environment, governments of men, houses of cards
What about a public that chooses to unlace big money by simply together choosing to spread the love
?