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Re:The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and p... by landryraccoon on Monday October 14, 2019 @01:14PM (#21250482)
> If anything happens in the society there's always a person

Who decided to make George W Bush president? I highly doubt you can assign responsibility to either a single individual or even fully enumerated clear subgroup of individuals.

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Re:The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and p... by roywiggins on Monday October 14, 2019 @01:20PM (#21250550)
There's those who argue it came down to 9 (or, if you like, 5) people.
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Re:The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and p... by funnybeam on Monday October 14, 2019 @02:08PM (#21251074)
Surely the people that voted for him are responsible?
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Re:The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and p... by landryraccoon on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:20PM (#21264584)
That’s fair, but it’s definitely not a single person and not even a set that can be practically enumerated (since voting is anonymous).

Id also say that assigning moral responsibility to a group of people that large is really odd as well.

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