" and nothing but deafening silence in response. What exactly do you expect to happen in that circumstance?"
Saying this tells me you have literally no idea what the tech industry is doing in Washington.
I've been there.
I've watched them up close, fighting patent fights.
There is no deafening silence on the part of large companies, or lobbyists, only on the part of people and small business owners
The reason the construction industry is more effective is because the unions and other organizing efforts are effective at getting people involved.
In the end, if it's just a bunch of companies pissing on each other, congress mostly doesn't care. If you start getting constituents involved, they start to care.
Saying this tells me you have literally no idea what the tech industry is doing in Washington. I've been there. I've watched them up close, fighting patent fights. There is no deafening silence on the part of large companies, or lobbyists, only on the part of people and small business owners The reason the construction industry is more effective is because the unions and other organizing efforts are effective at getting people involved.
In the end, if it's just a bunch of companies pissing on each other, congress mostly doesn't care. If you start getting constituents involved, they start to care.