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A comment on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler. Parent comment

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by kube-system on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:40PM (#25710165)
If he was worried about an angry mob, wouldn’t he try to not anger them?
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by megous on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:47PM (#25710247)
More like powerful stand to lose a lot from the fall of the status quo. Revolutions are not kind to the existing elites.

Even elites that helped French revolutionaries often ended up on guillotine, so... best course of action is to act in order to preserve status quo. Especially if you're currently profiting from it extraordinarily.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by lumpenprole on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:42PM (#25710198)
If being a billionaire doesn't allow you give the finger to the stupidest people in America, what's the point?
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