‘Cease worshipping the American tech giants’
Lina Khan at The New York Instances
China’s DeepSeek is “warning us that when there is not sufficient competitors, our tech trade grows susceptible to its Chinese language rivals, threatening U.S. geopolitical energy within the twenty first century,” says Lina Khan. Tech firms have been “arguing that the federal government should shield them from competitors to make sure that America stays forward,” however “America’s tech giants have seemingly been challenged on a budget.” The “greatest means for america to remain forward globally is by selling competitors at residence.”
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