Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t...
by xienze on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:54AM
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Because he funds tons of leftist causes. Sort of like how the Koch Brothers are the left's boogeymen.
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Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t...
by refurb on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:59AM
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Exactly. Billionaire’s funding political organizations are only bad if they don’t support your side.
Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t...
by ahoy on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:01PM
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I'd make a clear distinction b/t liberal causes and leftist ones. Soros is a very wealthy capitalist and he's not funding anything that would upset that order.
Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t...
by astrodust on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:17PM
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It's one thing to fund "leftist causes" that promote social good. It's another to fund climate change denial groups so you can mine more coal and build more coal plants and utterly destroy everything in the interests of making a few more bucks.