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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by exergy on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:01AM (#19745433)
Nah. You're getting too invested into it. Not much Joe Public can do methinks
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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by cjslep on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:13AM (#19745500)
Getting too invested? In what, the society that surrounds each individual? I don't think that is possible.

There is a difference between empowerment ("Joe Public can't do much to change society") versus investing (literally putting money into local businesses, demanding better behavior, etc).

I have met a lot of my American peers who believe their individual liberty absolves them of responsibility to the society they live in, which is entirely opposite: their personal liberty is granted precisely because of the society they live in.

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