Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg

Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by AlexandrB on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:43PM (#29598092)

This seems like a statement of faith. Facebook, and the markets it operates in, have seen very little government oversight for most its lifetime. It's mostly market forces that got us here. I don't see any reason to think that market forces will improve the situation in the future.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by brodouevencode on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:41PM (#29598674)

I'd much rather put my faith in markets than any government. Markets persuade while governments enforce, usually with a gun.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by krapp on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:43PM (#29598703)

Trusting corporations to behave requires trusting governments, because governments are the only reason corporations compete at all, versus simply collaborating and shaking people down like the mafia. You really don't want the monopoly on force to become a free market of force, that doesn't end well for the average consumer.

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