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At this point, it doesn't even make sense to refer to Microsoft, Google, etc. as 'American' companies any longer.
The central destructive forces in the world are truly multinational. Multinational corporations, billionaires buying entire governments. Just referring to them as 'American' implies that these organizations, themselves, have some loyalty to the United States.
They don't. They hate U.S. institutions, so they bought them. They hate American citizens, so they take from them and harm them. The genuine threats to all of us, everywhere, are capitalists, and they have no loyalty or regard for anything other than themselves.
DeTrumpify AND DeCorpify where possible.
Rightwing populism is killing America. Take note, Europe. It starts with unrelenting right wing punditry and "news." Crush misinformation sources before they become movements.
Those companies are American, yes they have offices in other locations, but they are mostly American. We need to build proper competition, in Europe.
These companies absolutely do need proper competition, but any classification of them as 'American' is shortsighted. These are truly multi-national, global corporations who exert their power across the entire planet and harm people across the entire planet, including in America itself.