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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by Sharlin on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:50PM (#26837013)
There are millions of parents, while there is only one Mark Zuckerberg. There's no such thing as parents collectively deciding to take responsibility, and it's unfair to the children to just expect them to have good parents. It's a classic case of a coordination problem.
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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by jldugger on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:53PM (#26837058)
So if we break up facebook, there is no hope?
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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by samcal on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:58PM (#26837113)
What? It's not that there's just one Zuck, it's that there are fewer Zucks than parents. The strategy would be the same if there were 5 Facebooks competing for market share.
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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by throwaway_4253 on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:09PM (#26839600)
Ironically, it could be argued that it's easier when Facebook is the only player in town; otherwise the argument might be "But my competition does it! It's a race to the bottom - I can't compete if I act ethically!"
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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by noxer on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:35PM (#26837464)
>and it's unfair to the children to just expect them to have good parents.

Also unfair because some parents are not rich. Some aren't living in the right place. Some are not highly intelligent. Some are not woke enough. Indeed very very unfair.

Lets hand over the responsibility to companies or to the state. Communistic coordinated child parenting probably isn't gonna make it better for the children but at least its fair.

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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by dTal on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:39PM (#26838233)
Could you clarify your point? It's hard to tell what it is.
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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by noxer on Saturday April 17, 2021 @07:11AM (#26843349)
The point is that the premise is nonsense. You cant justify top down ruling by the fact that some parents aren't good parents.

If you go that route you could top down rule everything because some people are not good people. The end goal would be some kind of totalitarian government.

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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by tharne on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:34PM (#26838170)
I think you identified the next great charity, "The foundation for the forgotten children of unwoke parents".
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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by noxer on Saturday April 17, 2021 @07:13AM (#26843360)
Glad I found the one person on HN that can detect sarcasm.
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Re:Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Inst... by Hnrobert42 on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:16PM (#26837952)
Handing over control to the state? Communism? What are you talking about? I’m worried there may be a CO2 build up in your bunker.
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