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> Corporations like Facebook are there to make profit within the rules defined by society They seem to be having their cake and eating it. You hear the term "d
by tomelders 9y ago
> Corporations like Facebook are there to make profit within the rules defined by society
They seem to be having their cake and eating it. You hear the term "disruption" all the time from tech companies, and you'll hear tech leaders wax lyrical about their vision for society and how their work/product/service is shaping that.
Recent events have outed these people for what they are. Self serving profiteers who only care about how society can help them, and have little regard for how they can best serve society.
While shady corporate megalomaniacs are a problem, they are by no means unique. What leaves such a bad taste in my mouth however, is the way tech billionaires are so eager to project the idea that they're benevolent agents of progressive change, when really they're not and they're not even trying. They've been dining out for free on goodwill for too long. Now it's time to start paying the bill.