The case for industry breakups comes from Thomas Jefferson's idea that occasional revolutions are important to the health … - Tim Wu

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The case for industry breakups comes from Thomas Jefferson's idea that occasional revolutions are important to the health of any system. As he wrote in 1787, “a little rebellion every now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical one.

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