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by icebraining 2995 days ago
That would be a fun position for Obama to take; would he spurn Zuckerberg before or after giving Kissinger the Distinguished Public Service Award?

I rail against Facebook, and think it's a dangerous system, but Zuckerberg is a damn saint compared to many of the people Obama and Bill Gates have shown themselves with. And the two are themselves far from .

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You are comparing very different things. While I agree a lot of bad people are doing bad things out there, not many if any have the reach and control Zuckerberg does. I wonder if there is a resolution where Facebook can be fixed without government regulations that would likely have adverse effects on the internet at large. I don't even use Facebook and yet I am vulnerable as they doubtless have a complete profile on me based on tracking pixels and people with whom I socialize having accounts with them.
What reach? Surely you cannot compare Zuckerberg to Kissinger - a man who could (and by all accounts did) condemn hundreds of thousands of people to be shot, burned, raped, starved, and tortured.