lkmldkmflgm

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   by lkmldkmflgm 10y ago

   It's much simpler when you stop trying to pretend the people who run these companies are benevolent angels out to do good in a scary scary world. These companies are run by the same class of people that run the government, they have th
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   by lkmldkmflgm 10y ago

   > I'm not saying they made the right decision. You're also not saying they made the wrong decision. > I'm saying that people treating this as if it were an easy place to be are likely over simplifying the situation. Nob
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   by lkmldkmflgm 10y ago

   Every time a Russian or Chinese oligarch goes to prison the headlines in Western media are about the evil dictatorial governments oppressing the poor oligarchs.
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   by lkmldkmflgm 10y ago

   The media is mostly controlled and distributed by private companies that collude with the government for their own benefit, Google and Yahoo are exactly such companies.
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   by lkmldkmflgm 10y ago

   > I'm not giving these companies a complete pass for being complicit in the erosion of individual's civil liberties but treating this as if the decision is easy is vastly unfair. Actually you are giving them a pass because your