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Hawley builds a case that Big Tech is a direct descendent of the Gilded Age robber barons. Far from being the benefactors of social connection and freedom that Big Tech presents themselves to be, Hawley argues that they are actually robbing the American people not only of their emotional and mental well-being, but of their agency to self-govern and thus, their freedom. The book is a beautiful defense of the common man and woman.
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He introduces the reader to the unknown historical connection between Big Tech and the robber barons of the Gilded Age, attempting to resurrect the little-r republican values of the founding era. In The Tyranny of Big Tech, released May 4 after a dramatic fight for its very existence against the powers of Cancel Culture, Hawley lays out the very real dangers of today’s technological monopolies, and then provides detailed policy proposals to combat these powers. In investigations, in legislation, and now in this book, Hawley has confronted the antitrust and privacy violations committed by Big Tech companies, their business model run on addiction, and their discriminatory censorship of speech. Senator, and formerly as Missouri’s Attorney General, holding Big Tech accountable where others don’t dare tread. It’s Big Tech – those big names like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple, and Google that have embedded themselves in our lives to an almost irreversible degree.
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Who might that elite be? According to Hawley, it’s not our politicians, our lawyers, our Ivy League graduates, or our Hollywood celebrities. “Our republic has never been more hierarchical, more riven by class, more managed by an elite than it is today,” writes Josh Hawley in The Tyranny of Big Tech.