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>When a social medium or a cloud service shows that it is more powerful than the sitting President of the US, something is seriously wrong. This line of thinki
by shredprez 6y ago
>When a social medium or a cloud service shows that it is more powerful than the sitting President of the US, something is seriously wrong.
This line of thinking in the time we're living through is so, so weird to me.
Do people not want to live in a nation that unites to isolate powerful individuals creating chaos in the country, up to and including the president? The idea that the president would (should?) somehow be immune to this is as "un-American" as it gets.
That said, you're right on. If you're intent on building and organizing, don't do it on the private surveillance platforms.
- simonblack 6y agoToday, it might be Trump. Tomorrow, it might be you. "First, they came for ...." Something is seriously out of whack when a President of the United States (any President!) is less powerful than some random company. If we go down that road, let's just dispense with the office of President completely.
- detaro 6y agoThat a company is not doing what he wants doesn't make the company more powerful than the president of the United States, it merely means that he does not hold absolute power.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Something is seriously out of whack when a President of the United States (any President!) is less powerful than some random company. The President is not less powerful than “some random company”. The company (and likewise every individual) has freedom to act without the President dictating to them on certain matters, but that's the whole point of Constitutionally limited, non-dictatorial government.