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This reminds me heavily of Gail Wynand in The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand. That said, this video probably suffers from some sort of selection bias. However, I do not doubt that a centralized group of individuals can pull the rights strings in the right places in order to achieve a desired outcome. There exist people who stand to gain from the destruction of Facebook.

If the incumbents of mainstream media could somehow get rid of Facebook by encouraging legislation to be passed which prevents unqualified individuals from disseminating news, it would not be a win for society at all, even if it's a loss for Facebook. There is a fine line between regulating Facebook and destroying freedom of speech on the internet. It would seem that the very notion that Facebook is a tool for democracy destruction is more dangerous than Facebook itself.

It seems crazy to think this is even possible, but I don't put anything past anti-terrorism efforts. I am quite afraid to consider such an outcome. I find myself conflicted; if Facebook goes down, I really hope it's for the right reasons. I really hope freedom is not taken away in this ordeal. We are already starting to see freedoms being taken away from the people. YouTube, Craigslist, etc. have already banned certain types of content in the past 2 weeks because of new legislation.