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		ohf on March 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We need a nationalised alternative to Facebook Why, no government-funded institutions have ever violated our privacy. What a wonderful idea. Propaganda, trite.

mjburgess on March 30, 2018 [–]

So if bad things happen, we may as well opt for the worse solution?

This all-or-nothing thinking is pathological. Democratic systems are better than non-democratic systems in monopolistic cases.

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