I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter

Re:I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:27PM (#16860385)

> And when governments misbehave, they kill: wars, corruption, suppression, etc.

You're comparing a giant to a nest of angry ants. The giant sometimes tramples houses; the ants don't. One might conclude the ants are therefore gentler, and wonder much better life would be under giant ants instead of the giant, neglecting that if the ants had the giant's power, they would be far more deadly than it.

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Re:I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter by wonder_er on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @02:17PM (#16860895)

absolutely agree.

I'd still rather live with angry (but benign) ants than a giant.

The ants cannot get the giants power, no matter how hard they try, so I'm comfortable with the ants.

(The thought experiment - what happens if Facebook tries to arrest someone? I'd be _so_ curious to watch the proceedings.)

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Re:I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter by stale2002 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @04:35PM (#16862081)

Absolutely.

Which is why we need to get rid of that power in the first place.

The problem is not the entity, it is the power, no matter who holds it.

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