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Re:If Facebook or Google create their own currency, they can... by rakoo on Monday June 24, 2019 @07:39AM (#20262443)
Governments keep control on people by the usage of force, but corporations have the means to control people by the use of pleasure. You might not get in jail but if you're not allowed to go where you want/do what you want/talk to who you want, if your life revolves around a single thing and that is removed from you, would you still do it ?

This comic about Orwell's and Huxley's vision of things really lays it in simple terms (https://twistedsifter.com/2010/06/the-saturday-strip-week-13...). The source is, of course, very interesting to read.

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Re:If Facebook or Google create their own currency, they can... by mehrdadn on Monday June 24, 2019 @07:46AM (#20262515)
> would you still do it?

Between "do it" and "don't do it"? Well obviously no. But compared to getting thrown in jail? Obviously it's better?

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Re:If Facebook or Google create their own currency, they can... by rakoo on Monday June 24, 2019 @12:31PM (#20265319)
Of course the difference in "punishement" is huge, but the important and scary part is that corporations can have a huge control on how people behave without any threat other than "you won't be able to use our service". That was my point.
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