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by linuxftw 2576 days ago
> Facebook is acting in the service of food and beverage industry interests by deleting the accounts of communities that have identified the corrupted nutritional science responsible for unchecked global chronic disease. In this, it follows the practices of Wikipedia and other private platforms that host public content but retain the ability to remove or silence—without the opportunity for real debate or appeal—information and perspectives outside a narrow scope of belief or thought. In this case, the approved perspective has resulted in the deaths of millions through preventable diseases. Facebook is thus complicit in the global chronic disease crisis.

If people can believe this about Facebook, why can they not believe it in the context, of say, CNN or Fox News?

Similarly, our education system preaches how great Democracy is. Is Democracy great? Why must young children be taught the tenets of our civilization, and who stands to gain the most from this indoctrination?

Going against the established order will get you shunned in the west. Society will conspire against you to marginalize your beliefs.