<story><title>I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter</title><url>https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/4/11/17221344/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-cambridge-analytica</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Barjak</author><text>Am I alone in thinking this isn&amp;#x27;t heresy? A country or federal state is just a company with a monopoly over law in a certain geographical region. Facebook&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;monopoly&amp;quot; is at least subject to the whim of the market, as the Delete Facebook campaign shows.&lt;p&gt;Look at last week. The senate was on their high-horse, admonishing facebook for privacy infringements, totally unaware of the irony they are an appendage of the same entity which created the NSA and continues to eavesdrop on all of our conversations.&lt;p&gt;We can all opt out of Facebook. Thankfully many have. But NSA surveillance is involuntary.&lt;p&gt;Why are we more worried about a voluntary and foreseeable risk than an involuntary rights violation?&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t interpret this as saying Facebook acted appropriately.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>agentultra</author><text>&amp;gt; Am I alone in thinking this isn&amp;#x27;t heresy? A country or federal state is just a company with a monopoly over law in a certain geographical region.&lt;p&gt;A nation state is backed by armies, monetary obligations, and the need to co-operate with other nation states in each others&amp;#x27; best interests (optimally).&lt;p&gt;In order to protect its citizens and monetary interests and obligations most modern, well-functioning markets are regulated by these nation states.&lt;p&gt;Facebook doesn&amp;#x27;t care about users, laws, and lacks any sense of moral or ethical standards.&lt;p&gt;While I enjoy the benefits of being able to freely start a business I believe that a well-functioning market requires guidance and planning from broader, more conservative social structures in order to benefit everyone.</text></comment>
<story><title>I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter</title><url>https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/4/11/17221344/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-cambridge-analytica</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Barjak</author><text>Am I alone in thinking this isn&amp;#x27;t heresy? A country or federal state is just a company with a monopoly over law in a certain geographical region. Facebook&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;monopoly&amp;quot; is at least subject to the whim of the market, as the Delete Facebook campaign shows.&lt;p&gt;Look at last week. The senate was on their high-horse, admonishing facebook for privacy infringements, totally unaware of the irony they are an appendage of the same entity which created the NSA and continues to eavesdrop on all of our conversations.&lt;p&gt;We can all opt out of Facebook. Thankfully many have. But NSA surveillance is involuntary.&lt;p&gt;Why are we more worried about a voluntary and foreseeable risk than an involuntary rights violation?&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t interpret this as saying Facebook acted appropriately.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mattmanser</author><text>It does all the people who fought, died, campaigned and worked to institute democracies over dictatorships or feudal lords a great dis-service to tout this drivel.&lt;p&gt;You want to make the NSA an election issue? You can go campaign on it. Setup a party, gather people to your cause. Vote.&lt;p&gt;You can&amp;#x27;t do anything even remotely similar to influence google or facebook.</text></comment>