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Re:Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conserva... by ci5er on Monday May 09, 2016 @03:58PM (#11662651)
> Meh. Who cares? That was an insignificant event compared to the climate and government policy.

Mostly agree except for that poor video-creating dude who was thrown in jail for a year, plus or minus, as part of cover for a lie during campaign season. Right or left - you've gotta admit that kind of sucks.

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Re:Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conserva... by pdkl95 on Monday May 09, 2016 @05:19PM (#11663315)
I forgot about that part, which does suck. Consider my "meh" a statement about picking the right battle.

We can find abuses of power and corruption everywhere in government if we take the time to look for it, but some problems are larger and need immediate attention. As Londo Mollari said (B5 #3.11).

    Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir
    to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war
    on twelve fronts.
Once our climate problems, wealth gap, the growing police/surveillance state, and other large problems are stabilized there will be time for these more mundane problems in government.
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