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Re:Starlink U-turns, will block X in Brazil after all by diggan on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @09:27AM (#41445566)
Devils advocate, but what about tobacco companies Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco?
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Re:Starlink U-turns, will block X in Brazil after all by nec4b on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @03:26PM (#41449652)
Did they march people by millions into gulags or concentration camps?
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Re:Starlink U-turns, will block X in Brazil after all by rbanffy on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @04:36PM (#41450491)
No. They convinced them to willingly use addictive substances that would kill them while, at the same time, suppressing research into the negative effects of smoking and paying lobbying groups to prevent legislation against smoking.

But... Yeah... They were a bit more subtle.

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Re:Starlink U-turns, will block X in Brazil after all by nec4b on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:56PM (#41451296)
>> They were a bit more subtle.

Moral relativism at its finest, when a person selling cigarettes at a gas station is equal to Pol Pot.

I'm curious where would you rather live:

1. A place where they sell cigarettes and deceive you how dangerous they are, but you don't have to buy them if you don't want to.

2. A place where you and you family can be disappeared in the middle of the night. Mind you you can still get cigarettes here as well, but with a lot less variety.

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