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The government has public good as its mandate. It makes mistakes because people make mistakes. It has the avenues available to correct those mistakes. Google h
by Eisenstein 3y ago
The government has public good as its mandate. It makes mistakes because people make mistakes. It has the avenues available to correct those mistakes.
Google has profit and return for shareholders as its mandate. Anything it does towards that end is not a mistake and will not be corrected.
- scarface_74 3y agoWell it can be “mandated” all it wants to, it has history of not happening. It wasn’t a “mistake” that the Florida governor (I live in Orlando) went out of its way to punish a corporation because it disagreed with a law. Nor is it a “mistake” that the government seizes people’s property through civil forfeiture without a trial or that the government is actively fighting the will of the majority of the population. Again, Google doesn’t have the power to do anything but serve ads. The government has the court system, a police department with military weapons, etc.
- Eisenstein 3y agoSome entity has to have those powers. Just because you don't like those in power in your state doesn't mean that regulating businesses is bad. You are taking an extreme position on something unrelated to your grievance.
- scarface_74 3y agoNo government has to have the power to punish corporations for speaking out against a policy or to regulate a company because they think they aren’t getting the coverage they deserve.
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