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I would be interested in whether they took an active role in the Jan 6 insurgency. I think it's well established that they'll take money from whoever, and then
by Applejinx 5y ago
I would be interested in whether they took an active role in the Jan 6 insurgency. I think it's well established that they'll take money from whoever, and then work for them with great determination. I don't think they have any INTEREST in the law, and spying on just plain citizens and consumers is the least of the things they've been up to.
All it takes is them going, 'hey this administration is going to get in the way of a revenue stream, we've been getting good money to facilitate what some customers want' (i.e. revolution, genocide, etc)
And then 'we should make ourselves available to these groups, to disrupt the administration that might hold us accountable. If they get hurt, so what? They are against us'
Look back to Cambridge Analytica. Facebook can serve to overthrow the government… any government… if their influence is profound enough. They've got control and have done studies on what they're able to do, and it's not unthinkable that they are doubling down rather than be brought to account. They rightly see themselves as a key player here. They're the megaphone to be used by state powers and revolutionists, in many countries including at home.
My gut reaction is that this is really the tip of the iceberg, and what they're really up to is on a very large scope. If you found you had the Panopticon and could swing any election, flip any issue, what would you do?
Then consider it's Mark, in sole control of all this, and the same guy he's been all this time. I don't think he delights in destroying people. But the guy is purely self-interested and is just being a paper clip maximizer, the paper clips being 'power as he has been able to wield it'.