> Facebook can't stop the spread of authoritarianism, because it was designed in such a way that it can't help but be the perfect tool for authoritarian element

> Facebook can't stop the spread of authoritarianism, because it was designed in such a way that it can't help but be the perfect tool for authoritarian elements. Centralised networks are a perfect match for authoritarianism. > They're (arguably wittingly or unwittingly) a digital stasi; listening and collecting everyone's conversations, tracking and collecting social interactions and connections between groups of people, tracking and collecting people's online interests. It's definitely wittingly: Facebook's entire business model is based on knowing as much as possible out of people in order to monetise that knowledge.