secondIt doesn’t matter, the American dream is dead. It is still being implemented today, sometimes even soon. Lina Khan is the daughter of immigrants from Pakistan. She is only 32 years old and was not even born in the United States. She only came to the country when she was eleven. Since mid-June this year, she has been leading the Federal Trade Commission FTC, one of the country’s important antitrust agencies, with a clear mission to place seemingly too powerful companies in its place.President Joe Biden Not only did she nominate her as his candidate for the board of directors, but after confirmation by the Senate, he immediately made her the head. This is an unusual move, expressing a new determination to control competition.
It’s not that she is a stranger. When she was relatively young, Khan had earned a reputation as a keen critic of big companies, especially Silicon Valley tech giants. They now take this very seriously. Amazon Facebook and Facebook have separately applied to the FTC, asking Khan to withdraw from the M&A investigation that the two companies have participated in due to prejudice. However, this is not in the interest of the person in charge who promoted them to this position. It is precisely because of her critical stance on technology giants that Khan is sitting here.
