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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by matz1 on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @08:46PM (#23318233)
The poster doesn't defending Zuckerberg, merely trying to explain why Zuckerberg did what he did.

>If you have power, you have responsibility: full fucking stop.

No, if you have power you get to decide the rule.

Same as drunk driving, the reason we are not allowing driving while drunk is because the people who are against drunk driving has more power than the people who are pro drunk driving. The side that has more power get to decide what the law is.

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by seph-reed on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @12:36PM (#23325882)
You're confusing legal responsibility with responsibility proper.

Dictators are responsible for the death of millions, even if they make laws that say otherwise.

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by matz1 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:46PM (#23327938)
Responsibility proper is subjective.

>Dictators are responsible for the death of millions.

The Dictators very well may believe that their action is the proper responsibility (According to him).

My point is you can't simply ask them to stop by telling them they have responsibility. Both side may view responsibility differently.

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