What Should Have Happened at the Big Tech Antitrust Hearing

[@TheCycIone]

I love the "let the record show he is reading a prepared statement about what he just learned today"

[@ChrisLoew]

This was brilliant

[@LezahTX]

Sums up American politics today

[@DugrozReports]

Best part!!!

[@TReeves80013]

I cancelled Facebook years ago. Where do I go to cancel my subscription to government?

[@PongGod]

Prison

[@davidtucker9498]

Vote anarchy. If you can get enough people to agree, you win. Or leave. Want to get rid of the social media companies? Too bad, you can't. You don't have a vote in Google.

[@jacobhamblin4255]

David Tucker lmao you make it sound so easy

[@davidtucker9498]

@@jacobhamblin4255 Cooperating with people to form a society where everyone can live peacefully never is. That's why government is necessary, as bad as it can be. Unelected CEOs controlling what we can say online is NOT necessary, and never was. We even have laws against the GOVERNMENT doing that, why the hell can they???

[@Melvin7727]

HKZ P You say there's nothing stopping competitors, but there actually is. Especially in the realm of app software. Services like Gab (I think that's the one) were denied any service for getting an app made and received no recourse the way any other discriminated business would

[@nwbackcountry5327]

It was fabulous theater. The government describing itself, while criticizing companies that are nurtured by their own intelligence agencies in exchange for surveillance and narrative control. Can't wait for the Encore.

[@12vscience]

Well when the cop and the criminal are in cahoots with each other they can coordinate pretty well.

[@DanielPearson1]

In the words of Norm Macdonald, "Hey, quit stealing my moves!".

[@xxjxjxjxjxj2207]

Nurtured? More like...created

[@TylerGobl]

Ah yes the 3 branches of government “bullying, fear, and panic” 😂😂😂

[@gfcardi]

That was GOLD! :)

[@humanhiveanomaly]

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary." -H.L. Mencken

[@AlphaChimpEnergy]

You need to take this plan-Demic and antitrust clown show more seriously brah!

[@hplexicon]

bullying = executive, fear = judicial, panic = legislative

[@diesockedeslebens6599]

That one killed me

[@inception_bwah1218]

I'd trade my left kidney for Mostly Weekly to come back

[@vishnuguda6313]

I’ll trade your left kidney too

[@learnmore8771]

I'd trade your right kidney too.

[@avocares]

I have a whole can of kidney beans. I don't know if they are left or right, but I will trade the whole thing for Mostly Weekly to come back. That said I don't want Political Orphanage to end to make it happen.

[@kylenoe4044]

I'll toss in a whole sack of kid knees too! (Too dark?)

[@Captain-Kidding]

And that should be your right as a human being.

[@bug5654]

Andrew Heaton: "Are you flirting with me?" The comments section: "We are flirting with you if you're flirting with bringing back Mostly Weekly!"

[@anthonyfratta4881]

Don't tell him but I stole this joke

[@ThePrisoner881]

ReasonTV we need more of these! It's been two years since the Kavanaugh "What should have happened" video! This stuff is GOLD!

[@joshbethel417]

"Let the record show that the Congressman is reading a prepared statement on what he "just learned" today." Lost it on that one 😂

[@j.d.529]

Same!!! I laugh at all these then I cry a little.

[@TheKingkenry]

Government is mad that someone "took our jobs" (using my South Park voice)

[@gregorythompson5334]

Alright everybody. Back on the pile!

[@haegenspring1999]

“But only two political parties” part killed me!

[@gregorythompson5334]

Not sure why I watched the full 5hrs. This is a succinct version that made it easier to watch. Ill never get those 5hrs back, thanks for bringing the lighter side! Love it!

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

I'd rather watch reruns of The Nanny.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

Future Regulation: If your revenue is less than $200 billion then you can't have a company

[@andresrogersa]

yeah, for greater equality and greener economy

[@andresrogersa]

@@johnmc3 that's right, it won the 2º world war

[@DaroZuo]

If this inflation keeps it up $200bn will be about a loaf of breads worth by then

[@andresrogersa]

@@DaroZuo everyone a Billionaire Hobo

[@cameroncall5163]

The "cassette-tape" part absolutely killed me! I'm laughing so much it hurts!

[@Malibu_Dawn]

The more I watch this the funnier it gets! ROTFLMAO!

[@VS-ff4ez]

Me too! It actually sounded like the old cassette tape to 8 track adapters (just told my age lol). They never did work just right and everything sounded garbed ... excellant video!

[@shoerhino]

"Can you commit to improving racial and gender equality at your company? No, but we will automate everyone equally." ha!

[@unknownchannel3141]

Zuck's brain maintenance was hilarious

[@fischergriess6321]

Congressional hearings are foo tile...

[@notme222]

That "Thanks, Florida..." was brilliant.

[@libertyforever4270]

Limit the political system to two Parties but have multiples of everything else. Got it.

[@noninvasive_rectal_probe8990]

ORly? 😳

[@noninvasive_rectal_probe8990]

That is done to not allow Communist parties to form. Gov carries about you, silly.

[@libertyforever4270]

@@noninvasive_rectal_probe8990 , You edited and still got it wrong. You are showing off your ignorance in multiple ways. The government doesn't care about anything but more power for themselves. The United States Constitution allows for multiple political Parties of *all* stripes and ideologies. It is called *freedom* !

[@noninvasive_rectal_probe8990]

@@libertyforever4270 aha, and still no Communist ,read books , 8th grader

[@libertyforever4270]

@@noninvasive_rectal_probe8990 , GFYS !!

[@djb5255]

ReasonTV, as Google evicts them from KZbin: "It's their right to do this. They're a private company."

[@humanhiveanomaly]

If only we could make a federal mandate that they not. Not sure how you found yourself on the Reason channel

[@SkullKing11841]

But it really is. Lol. Just like a store should be allowed to turn away customers so should Google be able to "evict" Reason from KZbin.

[@bdjnk]

As ISPs block them and payment processors refuse to handle not only business transactions for Reason, but also the personal transactions of anyone involved. Hahaha, pRiVaTe CoMpAnIeS

[@jasontaylor4802]

@@SkullKing11841 They should be allowed to do it, doesn't make it acceptable. The same way I think government is unnecessary or unacceptable in various areas of life...

[@patrick7842]

i think all of you other commenters got r/woooosh ed by this guys joke

[@VS-ff4ez]

Omg guys this one was hilarious! I have always found it curious how they enter politics with mediocre net worth and leave as millionaires.....yet have a hard time forming a complete sentence...... hmmmmmm

[@DannySullivanMusic]

𝓘 𝓒𝓞𝓝𝓣𝓡𝓞𝓛 𝓣𝓗𝓔 𝓣𝓘𝓜𝓔 - is there anything more power trippy than this statement?

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Iceland refers to its government as "all thing".

[@andykratoska5791]

"Can I just get a blanket commitment? "I'll take the duvet!" Low key the best joke in the entire video

[@Jervinzman]

"No, but we will automate everyone equally." Lol

[@Ethereal43]

The day Reason stops posting Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton videos is the day I lose my will to live.

[@bencorley8687]

FINALLY! MORE! MORE BRAGG AND HEATON!... and maybe some Remy too if it's not too much to ask.

[@lamborambo6384]

Let the record show that the congressman is now reading a prepared statement about what he “just learned” today 😂🤣😂😂

[@Unmannedair]

This is freaking brilliant! Roflmfao. "This must end!"... Thank God! 😭 ... I can't breath... Too much awesome...

[@parasuramvenkatesh4401]

"Let the record show that the congressman is reading a prepared statement about what he *just learned* today" lmao ded

[@lucidstates6787]

Wow that was the funniest bit I've seen in a long time I actually belly laughed out loud...well done

[@Malibu_Dawn]

Laughing strengthens the immune system!

[@sujaykrishnanath82]

@@Malibu_Dawn jeez reason tv is dealing with coronavirus far more effectively than the federal government.

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

A) "what do you get when you combine a handful of congressmen and four tech executives?" B) political theatre.

[@hellavadeal]

The sad part is that congress is that silly. All they do is make a lot of noise and still do nothing but spend your money.

[@sarysa]

2:30 - You won me with that Data reference.

[@OmegaTou]

As much as I hate all 4 of these companies, I'd prefer them over the federal government. At least I have the choice to stop using them if I so choose, and thus stop paying them.

[@sineater6609]

That wasn't how it should of went...

[@UrbanPorcupine]

We talk about "separation of church and state." I think we need separation of business and state. Government shouldn't provide corporations any bailouts or special favors, neither should they drag them before Congress when they get "too big."

[@Malibu_Dawn]

We live in a technocracy. They captured our government.

[@1600-i6p]

In a democracy, whoever sells out to the most businesses and donors wins. Only with authoritarian regimes can the state crush any business that gets in the way of the state's ideology and maintain order and prosperity. Look at China if you want to see how a country should be run.

[@MoonlitMarch]

@@1600-i6p You mean that country that oppresses its population and keeps starting pandemics? Yeah I think I'll stick to democracies

[@brandonbrown6922]

@@MoonlitMarch Don't forget the slave labor and organ harvesting.

[@chaosXP3RT]

You need a history lesson friend

[@idriwzrd]

This is good enough to share on social medi... wait, they almost had me. Let's just keep trusting the government to make the best decisions for us.

[@noninvasive_rectal_probe8990]

Hah, dude, this hearing was fucking embarrassing. I assume the are not capable of making good decisions; their common iq is high enough so we are fooled that they have intelligence. Can't imagine that there is more people like these in gov. Also their salaries are taxpayers money, so..

[@corpsiecorpsie_the_original]

Hey, what's with the red laser dot?

[@aguyfromnothere]

If I have to choose between the govt and lefty California tech giants...at least the govt has some people who are not crazy California SJWs.

[@FifthConcerto]

1. Duckduckgo, if you don't like Google. 2. "Think Local", if you don't like Amazon. 3. Linux and Windows, if you don't like Apple. 4. Do you need an alternative to Facebook? 5. Start your own business if you have a better idea.

[@1600-i6p]

Wow you're so smart. Who ever thought of that? Now show me how to start a business or be a public commentator without getting banned off every major platform and demonetized unfairly? Look at what happened to Alex Jones or many other conservative commentators and tell me there isn't a problem. Google is literally manipulating elections and you libertarians are so braindead you'd rather sink with the ship of your fake "principles" that save the country.

[@amibrainwashed]

Regarding number 5. Have you heard of cancel culture?

[@FifthConcerto]

@@amibrainwashed Yes. But if you are suggesting cancel culture as an alternative to creating alternative solutions to things one dislikes, I am not sure why.

[@FifthConcerto]

@@1600-i6p There is a problem. The solution is to use or create alternatives to the private organizations that create the private sector side of the problem. The other part of the solution is to stop voting for the people in government who created the government side of the problem. It doesn't matter if I know how to create a given business or not. Plenty of people who have created successful businesses didn't know how to do so until they decided to go for it. Google manipulating elections, or KZbin manipulating who sees what, or Facebook censoring content is not going to be solved tomorrow. There are simple things that can be done to remove power from these companies. They are only as ubiquitous as we allow them to be. It may take effort to stop using these services (I've cut out most of my usage, and I am working on the rest), but if the companies are so problematic, maybe it's worth putting in the work.

[@bsmithhammer]

The hypocrisy of finger-wagging at these companies, while these same companies have massive government contracts for classified data centers, etc. is beyond belief. I wish Bezos, for example, would have reminded these nimrods about how Amazon actually makes the bulk of its earnings (it ain't online sales).

[@realmohsin7398]

Where are the bulk of the earnings from?

[@bsmithhammer]

@@realmohsin7398 Selling and storing data. And guess who one of the biggest customers is?

[@williamrebune5588]

‘This must end’ Thank God!

[@jejoisland9182]

I NEED MY MOSTLY WEEKLY FIX!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW !

[@jackcoleman5955]

Thanks for fixing the problem, Congress! Thank God!

[@Vorpal_Wit]

PURE GOLD. ...also, BURN IT ALL DOWN!

[@ccvcharger]

Did I hear that right? Did she say "The way a Cheeto would chase a sickly gazelle?"

[@NeverForget1776]

The fact that government acts this way is not an excuse for private corporations to act the same

[@ty2010]

So where do we opt out to put the 4th amendment back in the box?

[@MrThystleblum1]

Well, if they were to eliminate property tax, estate tax, hobby licensing, liberty licensing, and yard sale licensing, then reduce and localize business licensing fees, and change over to a solid capital backed currency (gold, silver, copper, hemp, etc.), corporatism would fail, and capitalism would see a massive resurgence. Corporatism is where everyone takes all of the eggs in the whole country, places them in three to five baskets, and balances those baskets on dowels.

[@bentait2462]

I liked and un-liked about 32 times, that adds up right?

[@noninvasive_rectal_probe8990]

There are problems to be discussed, but not with these clowns. I see that this should be addressed by a special committee of professionals that will focus on real problems with monopolies and slow progress, not by a bunch street people who get there by quotas

[@maggiepies7195]

More of these please

[@deoxal7947]

Yes he was telling the CEO of Apple what an Apple ad was about. Apple didn't believe in it then and they don't believe in it now.

[@metiscus]

The last time I was this early we still had the articles of confederation.

[@alexm5435]

Did you stop beating your wife...yes or no question....it lost me in tears.

[@Malibu_Dawn]

Brilliant and hilarious! Had to watch 3x . Over 6 minutes of fantastic one liners! Bravo!!!

[@droptozro]

Who in their right mind listens to these fools in these committees? I'd go nuts if I had to really take part in that... and we pay these people for this chaos?

[@icopaseticMHF]

"You should Google ballot access" ZING!

[@ThePocketbass]

Yeah, funny, but if the tech companies could be sued as publishers, they wouldn't be censorious. Once again, Reason mis-directs.

[@nakul0888]

They’re not publishers though. Nice try

[@brookeking8559]

nk, they are publishers if they make judgments about content and choose which to allow, which to prioritize based on viewpoints, or to add commentary.

[@ThePocketbass]

They are doing both censoring and promoting certain views. Whether someone who works at one of the tech companies as a representative of tech engages in political speech directly seems irrelevant, but I am willing to listen if you clarify further.

[@nakul0888]

@@brookeking8559 New york times news section in both print and web is a publisher, they go out of their way, to hire journalists for content, edit the said content and fact check them through multiple levels of editors and senior editors and then publish them. This is what makes NYT news a publisher which makes them liable for their content. New york times comment section on its website where every tom dick and harry can write stuff cannot be classified the same as its news content even though the nyt staff moderates its comment section and removes posts that break their rules. Twitter, facebook is the latter not the former. They are not "PUBLISHERS".

[@brookeking8559]

nk, just because KZbin has distributed contributors doesn’t mean KZbin is just a platform immune from the liabilities of a publisher. By choosing to regulate content based upon viewpoints, KZbin has become a publisher. KZbin may claim its criteria are objective and applied without prejudice, but it’s a false claim. This is obvious when content and even contributors get blocked without clearly stated reasons. KZbin may currently enjoy status as a platform while behaving like a publisher, but someday it will have to choose.

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you.

[@austinhannemann2615]

These guys are awesome

[@DugrozReports]

I'd like to DISRESPECTFULLY disagree!!!

[@BlueprintScience]

“Well we’re not rolling out unmarked vans in Portland. So maybe lay off lady” 😆

[@parisluh5660]

Bravo! Encore!

[@danieltaylor885]

monopolists supporting more monopolistic controls? im shocked

[@adtastic1533]

My God politicians are painful

[@bigphones666]

1:12 Fear the Mini-van of Soccer Snatchers

[@maeghanrose3264]

I ❤️ Heaton and Bragg

[@mustbeaweful2504]

I don't know. This kinda seemed messy to me. And I thought the joke at the beginning was a bit odd (the one about government having too much power the same as CEOs). I've never heard of employees being able to vote in their CEOs, so it's a different kind of power that's held to some level of accountability. I feel as though some thoroughness in the joke could have made it a bit more interesting. Maybe intertwine it with the observation that the hearing is showboating for their constituents?

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

My choice of accepting a client is more powerful than the shit I have to put up with from the state.

[@cleverwitticismhere6922]

I love these comedy sketches. They take depressing idiocy and use it to make me smile. Can never have enough reasons to smile.

[@RattlerSSBN]

Ahhh...thanks...so good to have these 2 back!!!

[@SudipBishwakarma]

Someone nailed it!

[@lowerclassbrats77]

Politicians should hire tech literate people to ask the questions in their place for hearings like this.

[@tripzero0]

He irony of Congress talking about competition... Who competes with the state?

[@theinfamoust4670]

Once a month I come back and watch this again. This is so good.

[@sarahk2722]

I laughed till I cried. Thank you ReasonTV, I needed that.

[@sapientia23]

I watched everything live and yes this sums it up

[@timmorris171]

Not bad but not great. What would have been funnier would have been the entire hearing with AG Barr. I would tell you more about it here but I reclaim my time.

[@annm9139]

Well done

[@gothicpando]

It's almost like conservatives were... Correct? Whoa

[@raze3297]

Now if we could only get conservatives to actually believe and do the correct things they say instead of, you know, the exact opposite.

[@gothicpando]

@@raze3297 like...having family values? Limited govt? Being thoughtful with your money? Being on time? Loving your neighbors but hating their "sinful" actions? Thinking of others before yourself? I could really go on... But most are already doing those things... It's kind of the other side that has gone crazy now. But I know im not talking to someone who argues in good faith. You're partisan attitude shows how divisive you kinda are. It's ok I hated those "evil right-wingers" too. Then you eventually grow up.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

A lot of people associate "conservative" with a bunch of obnoxious petty moralizing shit. Not completely incorrectly. It is the main thing that "liberals" have used for their modern popularity, though that won't last forever. They have their own obnoxious petty moralizing shit.

[@robert2754]

Please make more!!!!!

[@148.gforlife4]

Excellent educational video...slam dunk!

[@booyakada123]

... cassette tape that has been pulled out and re-spoolled... 😂🤣😂😂 Seriously does sound like that. Nice ref.

[@EnhanceRaptor]

Most of these tech "problems" weren't problems back in the 90s, before Government started over-regulating the industry. Microsoft and Apple were basically politically neutral. Then some politician was like "These companies are sitting on billions of dollars, and they aren't donating to anyone!" ... and so they had to "fix" that problem.

[@Grumdy]

I love everything these guys make

[@randomguy6239]

Great video guys!

[@maximilliansbabo2099]

This was great!

[@jesusreignsforever2561]

Awesome! Reason T.V makes the best videos!

[@DwarkeshPatel]

This is the best piece of satire I have ever seen

[@Ebalosus]

Well they _do_ say that the opposite of progress is Congress...

[@odiltm259]

1:15 as a portlander I approve this message

[@Ryanrobi]

This is gold..

[@v4vendetta481]

The dawn of the internet and social media has forever changed the way we consume information and how we exercise our 1st amendment rights. Big tech companies do need regulations. You can make the argument that individuals who do not subscribe or agree with certain political should simply not utilize these platforms, however, these platforms have become an integrate part of most individuals lives and therefore control the information input of the masses. With this is mind, I do believe that all forms of media should be regulated by a single policy that forces the protection of our freedom of speech. When put in perspective, even though these companies are private sector, the control they have is really no different that that of China or North Korea. Last, other companies have regulations for doing business in their respective spaces so why should media and tech be any different? If you don't believe tech companies control the information you consume, create a proton email account and a gmail account. Spend an hour on one account looking for articles about conservatives and then spend an hour looking for articles about progressives on the other account. Look at the dates the articles were published. Or watch a donald trump speech and then watch CNNs coverage vs Fox News coverage here on KZbin.

[@RevoltingPeasant123]

You're literally making the same arguments made by monarchs when the printing press was invented.

[@opinionofmine3238]

@@RevoltingPeasant123 If those were indeed the arguments, then they were good arguments.

[@v4vendetta481]

@@RevoltingPeasant123 they are similar arguments. The difference with social media vs the printing press is that not every serf in the kingdom had printing press and a global out reach to other serfs. The printing press owners either worked for the monarch or private enterprise... nor did they have a 1st amendment right to consider. I'm not saying government should over extend its reach, I am saying that private sector social media companies should have regulations in regards to our rights and safety. It's not really all that different than the regulations of food processing plants or any other company. And to your argument, the monarchs of our time are the big tech companies who are controlling what information we consume. As I said... it is no different and North Korea or China.

[@bdawgrise6961]

I do think big tech has to much power, but they were right on, all it ended up being was a huge Hypocrite fest.

[@dougontheotherchannel3078]

"but no more political parties.." fucking on point!

[@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392]

These Libertarian comedians are so unfunny I think I will become a Statist

[@ridingwilding760]

If the people don’t like a companies policies, don’t do business with them. Obviously not enough people are annoyed or annoyed enough because these guys are still making money.

[@aguyfromnothere]

Sure. What about data showing google can flip close elections. What if we had data showing Facebook and Twitter could do the same? The whole country melted down at the worry Russia influenced an election but we will just let the market figure out if people are ok with big corporations doing it? What if that takes 30 years and in the meantime the results of their election influencing results in laws that permanently change things. The market might respond but those laws might exist forever r

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

@@aguyfromnothere If anybody is influenced from shitty ass Facebook then the losing candidate clearly sucks.

[@himachal8252]

"You can't force anyone to be your companion" 😂😂

[@MiWill1988]

I just choked laughing while watching this. Reason is the best

[@aidanmagill6769]

Video ended with an Amazon ad for me😂

[@michaelharris2178]

We deserve this.

[@quester307]

Just awesome!

[@animeAJproductions]

YASS! "Body Positive!" And I thought the "taxes are bad? Are you flirting with me?" was the kicker! OMG I'm LMAO!!

[@antoniopena3254]

Are you flirting with me 🤣🤣🤣

[@diegotobaski9801]

4:59 As crazy as Jim Jordan has been recently, that was not a loaded question.

[@frizzneil2590]

crazy? no we need more like him, are you just anti Gov. or anti Trump too.