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Desperate trash talk, I agree. Amusing, yes.

But really, language breaks down trying to describe the epic scale of a tragedy we are watching from the front row for many years now, one called Facebook.

There is no practical way to tell one billion people that "Facebook" and "surveillance" are synonyms. This is simply too much to bear and process without relevant background and experience. There's no right kind of advice to be given. On top of everything, there will be an immense PR department trying to label your ideas dangerous and sociopathic.

There is no better way to illustrate this effect than Stallman's formidable Facebook crusade:

https://stallman.org/facebook.html



Thanks for the link!




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