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by DSingularity 3609 days ago
Whoa. How is it nearly colonialist?
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ethanbond 3609 days ago
Basically when the Indians started to sway against him, his PR campaign boiled down to, "we know what's best for you."

It's not a popular stance for a rich white westerner to take towards a previously (abusively) colonized country. Well, or anyone else. But especially not them.

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senthil_rajasek 3609 days ago
There was a huge controversy when Facebook announced free basics. Here is a good source if you want to know more, http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/02/12/466...
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kelukelugames 3609 days ago
The only thing I saw was Marc's tweet about India being better under British rule.
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tamana 3608 days ago
That was Marc Andreessen, not Mark Zuckerberg. Marc A is on FB's board, though, and sadly a parody of his former self -- classic case of someone who got rich for luckily being in the right place at the wrong time, and coming out thinking he is a god.
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