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Just ban Meta from Canada entirely.
by Sunspark 3y ago
Just ban Meta from Canada entirely.
- 31337Logic 3y agoThis. I hope Canada sets the precedence. Once Facebook chances their business model, Canada can then reconsider letting back in. Set the example. Show other countries it's possible and hopefully they follow suit as well. That is, quite literally, how mass societal change works. Good luck!
- inhumantsar 3y agoJust wow. Using the government as a cudgel is how mass societal change works in authoritarian regimes with little regard for rights and liberties. I for one don't want to live anywhere the state can dictate arbitrary terms to businesses, even the businesses I don't like. It's bad enough that our democracy has so much centralized power that this legislation could get rammed through in the first place.
- Sunspark 3y agoIt isn't going to get rammed through because Canada's governments are neo-liberal governments. Their focus is on the well-being of corporations and don't govern for the people lest they upset some anonymous corporate shareholder. The point I was making is, we live in a social contract. Be good to others and they will be good to you. > I for one don't want to live anywhere the state can dictate arbitrary terms to businesses How do you define "arbitrary" in this context? Is it ok if a business asks the government to lift regulations and restrictions on activities like drilling for oil in the middle of a protected wildlife preserve, or is that different?
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoAh The China model. Thought Canada was a free society?
- yesco 3y agoIt stopped being a proper liberal democracy when they froze the bank accounts of protesters without trial.