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Oh man, imagine the riots and changes that would ensue is Amazon suddenly started blocking purchases from Eastern district residents...

"well we don't want to be considered as doing business there, y'all need to fix your courts..."



For maximum effect, organize. Amazon. Google. Netflix. Apple. All boycotting and IP blocking the District.

Cue cries of corporations becoming more powerful than governments.


Cue cries of corporations becoming more powerful than governments.

That is a legitimate reason for concern. US corporations have ravaged entire countries in the past. Four of the largest US tech corporations taking coordinated action to punish a part of the US judicial system is something to be concerned about. If you're concerned about corporate lobbying, you should be at least as concerned about that. Probably more.


"FANG Leaves Texas Court District In Digital Dark Age"

A fun idea, never going to happen though...


It was only a matter of time before the banana republic phenomena returned home.




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