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Facebook lied about privacy.

• DubiousPusher 4y ago
  Corporations are amoral constructs. The expectation that they will behave morally and that they therefore deserve moral reciprocity is the greatest mass deception of our time. You have one legal mechanism for enforcing good behavior upon capital, democracy.
  • staticassertion 4y ago
    > Corporations are amoral constructs. Such nonsense. Corporations are a legal entity, they exist on paper. Facebook is people. People make decisions. People are not amoral.
    • DubiousPusher 4y ago
      There are countless examples of individuals placing the welfare of the corporation above their own personal morality. The same happens within the armed forces, the police, governments, religious institutions, etc. If you think there is sufficient historical precedent to believe that shaming corporations into good behavior is an effective long term way to protect individuals then we simply disagree. I think you're wrong and believe that law is the only mechanism to ensure their behavior is pro-social. To me, complaining about the bad behavior of capital is like being angry at the sun for burning you. IMO, you're only real option is to protect yourself.
  • enduser 4y ago
    Those who populate, benefit from, and speak for corporations are human. I do expect humans to behave with morals—it’s what separates us from animals.
    • DubiousPusher 4y ago
      And yet we find that they so seldom do. Again and again the people must use the law to -stop them from poisoning people -stop them from lying to people -stop them from endangering workers -stop them from endangering their customers -stop them from exploiting ecosystems unto failure -stop them from manipulating workers -stop them from extorting workers -stop them from enslaving people