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The Tyranny of Big Tech

By: Josh Hawley
Narrated by: Tom Parks, Josh Hawley - preface
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The reign of Big Tech is here, and Americans’ First Amendment rights hang by a keystroke.

Amassing unimaginable amounts of personal data, giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple - once symbols of American ingenuity and freedom - have become a techno-oligarchy with overwhelming economic and political power.

Decades of unchecked data collection have given Big Tech more targeted control over Americans’ daily lives than any company or government in the world. In The Tyranny of Big Tech, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri argues that these mega-corporations - controlled by the robber barons of the modern era - are the gravest threat to American liberty in decades.

To reverse course, Hawley argues, we must correct progressives’ mistakes of the past. That means recovering the link between liberty and democratic participation, building an economy that makes the working class strong, independent, and beholden to no one, and curbing the influence of corporate and political elites.

Big Tech and its allies do not deal gently with those who cross them, and Senator Hawley proudly bears his own battle scars. But hubris is dangerous. The time is ripe to overcome the tyranny of Big Tech by reshaping the business and legal landscape of the digital world.

©2021 Josh Hawley (P)2021 Black Hills Audiobooks LLC
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Full of insight.

An absolutely fabulous look into big tech...jf you use it - like most of us do - you NEED to understand what they are up to and where this is going.

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Must Read

This book should be required reading in high school civics classes. The author clearly and succinctly identifies the dangers big tech presents to economic and political liberty.

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very informative book

very informative book about how powerful and dangerous big tech has become and how to possibly fix it.

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Must read for any American patriot

Harley has done an exceptional job explaining both historical context and current threats to democracy from the consolidation of tech power and the intent of the American republic. Let’s bust up the monopolies.

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A Must Read

For anyone that has the slightest interest in preserving one’s personal, political, and financial freedoms, this book is a Must Read, regardless of one’s political leanings.

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Brilliant Warning

Senator Hawley has the courage to warn of our self-destruction. We claw back power or die. But we are Americans. And we possess a quality that cannot be subdued.

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must read

what you think you know about big tech think again. explains every and at the end solution to problem

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And insightful must read for a free citizenry.

Senator Josh Hawley provides a comprehensive assessment on the pervasive and pernicious behavior of Big Tech in our lives. He reveals in logical arguments how our perpetuation as a free society is in immanent peril, unless we understand the power of Big Tech and the impact it has on our children’s self-image and our society’s ability to speak without censorship. 1984 is not just upon us, it is glowing brightly in the hands of your children. Pass this book to everyone you know. And support the wise actions Sen. Hawley offers.

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This book is by far the most important book of the year end of the last 30 years

I highly recommend everyone read this book. Hawley really does an excellent job of condensing down the problem is big tech the history of oligarchs and monopolies and the history of the founding fathers you on the protection of liberty. It’s a short read every word super valuable everyone old and young should read this. We need to get big tech under control and preserve free speech and protect American liberty at all costs.

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a concise history of corporate monopoly

This is a book worthy of listening to a few times. Great history lesson .

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