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Or consider Facebook has a long history of anticompetitive behavior and the Government attorneys are doing their job by investigating. If anything it creates e

Or consider Facebook has a long history of anticompetitive behavior and the Government attorneys are doing their job by investigating. If anything it creates employment for Facebook attorneys not the other way around.

kazinator 7y ago
Of course; so an attorney can support the investigation regardless of which side they work for, which allows them to combine their support with their moral stance and pretend that they are one and the same.
- throwaway_law 7y ago
  The Attorney's General Offices are government institutions their budgets and their salaries are set by the legislatures. They don't get bigger budgets and employ more attorneys because they are investigating Facebook. Its the same as any DA/state attorney office, they don't get more money or hire more attorney's because they file more criminal charges. If anything the government attorneys are hurting themselves professionally because they will be blackballed from ever working at Facebook and likely many other big tech companies. Was the 1990's MS antitrust investigation and case all smoke and mirrors by attorneys for some private gain also?
  - kazinator 7y ago
    > They don't get bigger budgets and employ more attorneys because they are investigating Facebook. That seems a bit naive though; of course investigating Facebook is a demonstration of the wielding of power. If they can investigate and punish Facebook, their power and importance grows. > If anything the government attorneys are hurting themselves professionally ... Not if we consider their profession to be more of whatever they are doing now; if they do a good job in that, they advance. The more junior people involved in the investigation do good jobs, and advance to better, more senior positions and so on.
    - imgabe 7y ago
      Of course they can investigate Facebook. That is literally their job. Their power isn't growing they are just using the power they already have. Are you saying Facebook should be above the law and not answerable to any government?

kazinator 7y ago

Of course; so an attorney can support the investigation regardless of which side they work for, which allows them to combine their support with their moral stance and pretend that they are one and the same.

throwaway_law 7y ago
The Attorney's General Offices are government institutions their budgets and their salaries are set by the legislatures. They don't get bigger budgets and employ more attorneys because they are investigating Facebook. Its the same as any DA/state attorney office, they don't get more money or hire more attorney's because they file more criminal charges. If anything the government attorneys are hurting themselves professionally because they will be blackballed from ever working at Facebook and likely many other big tech companies. Was the 1990's MS antitrust investigation and case all smoke and mirrors by attorneys for some private gain also?
- kazinator 7y ago
  > They don't get bigger budgets and employ more attorneys because they are investigating Facebook. That seems a bit naive though; of course investigating Facebook is a demonstration of the wielding of power. If they can investigate and punish Facebook, their power and importance grows. > If anything the government attorneys are hurting themselves professionally ... Not if we consider their profession to be more of whatever they are doing now; if they do a good job in that, they advance. The more junior people involved in the investigation do good jobs, and advance to better, more senior positions and so on.
  - imgabe 7y ago
    Of course they can investigate Facebook. That is literally their job. Their power isn't growing they are just using the power they already have. Are you saying Facebook should be above the law and not answerable to any government?